'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' - Stephen King A house of horror. A d espicable serial killer . Banks's darkest case. When a concerned neighbour calls the police to number 35 The Hill after a domestic disturbance, the two constables are led to a truly horrific scene. They unwittingly uncover an elusive serial killer known as the Chameleon. With the killer finally in custody it appears the nightmare is over. Not for Banks though.

Too many questions remain unanswered at the house of horrors. And then they discover there are more bodies than victims. Is the Chameleon killer just one monster of many? Banks must solve his darkest case yet. Aftermath is a pulse-pounding instalment in the bestselling Banks series - which became the major British ITV Drama DCI Banks . If you enjoyed it, then you'll love the next instalment in this Yorkshire-based crime series, The Summer That Never Was . ***** Critical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series: 'A powerfully moving work' - Ian Rankin 'Top-notch police procedure' - Jeffery Deaver 'A wonderful novel' - Michael Connelly 'An addictive crime-novel series' - New York Times 'A guaranteed page-turner' - Mirror 'Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . A considerable achievement' - Guardian ' One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series' - Independent 'The master of police procedural' - Mail on Sunday 'Near, perhaps, even at the top of, the British crime writers' league' - The Times 'Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man' - Observer.