The Recurring Cast
Character · Eastvale CID · 11 books

Gristhorpe

Banks’s first superintendent · Peter Robinson

Gristhorpe is Banks’s first superintendent.

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Character facts

First appearance
Gallows View (1987)
Latest appearance
Cold Is the Grave (2000)
Books
11 (11 minor)
Series
Inspector Banks
Author
Peter Robinson
Circle
Eastvale CID

Where to meet Gristhorpe

Gristhorpe first appears in Gallows View (1987), in a minor role, book 1 of the Inspector Banks series.

Buy Gallows View

Every book with Gristhorpe

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1987·Gallows Viewminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  2. 1988·A Dedicated Manminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  3. 1989·A Necessary Endminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  4. 1989·The Hanging Valleyminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  5. 1991·Past Reason Hatedminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  6. 1992·Wednesday’s Childminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  7. 1994·Dry Bones That Dreamminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  8. 1996·Innocent Gravesminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  9. 1997·Dead Rightminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  10. 1999·In a Dry Seasonminor role · Inspector BanksBuy
  11. 2000·Cold Is the Graveminor role · Inspector BanksBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Alan BanksDetective Chief Inspector, later Superintendent11
Brian BanksBanks’s son, a musician11
Tracy BanksBanks’s daughter11
Sandra BanksBanks’s wife9
Jenny FullerPsychologist and Banks’s friend5
Annie CabbotDetective Sergeant, later Inspector, and Banks’s partner2