Stephen Booth

The disappearance of a fifteen-year-old girl and subsequent discovery of a decayed body in the woods draw Detective Constable Ben Cooper into a strange murder investigation. A first novel. Reprint.

Black Dog

Detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry return in another page-turning thriller from a writer at the top of his game. Set in the stunning countryside of the Peak District, and absolutely drenched with atmospheric tension, this case contains more action and twists than ever before, holding the reader in suspense until the very last page.

Already Dead

For decades Pity Wood Farm has been a source of employment for poor workers passing through Rakedale, migrants with lives as abject as the labour they sought. But now it seems a far worse fate may have befallen some of those who came upon this isolated community.

Dying to Sin

Detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry hope that the anonymous phone calls promising that the "perfect" murder will be committed soon are only pranks, but when a woman goes missing and another turns up dead, they know they must solve the case before he strik

The Dead Place

In England's tourist-laden Peak District, Detective Constable Ben Cooper and his partner, Diane Fry, search for a convicted killer bent on the ultimate revenge who is hiding in one of the region's many caves, while protecting the prospective victims of the infamous Mansell Quinn, including Ben himself, whose father had arrested the murderer years earlier. Reprint.

One Last Breath

Detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry sturggle to unravel a bizarre mystery involving the death of a young female cyclist, whose body is found in a remote region of England in the middle of a prehistoric ring of stones called the Nine Virgins, her body arranged in a parody of a woman dancing. By the author of Black Dog. 25,000 first printing.

A Constable Ben Cooper Novel

Dancing with the Virgins

In England's tourist-laden Peak District, Detective Constable Ben Cooper and his partner, Diane Fry, search for a convicted killer bent on the ultimate revenge who is hiding in one of the region's many caves, while protecting the prospective victims of the infamous Mansell Quinn, including Ben himself, whose father had arrested the murderer years earlier. 25,000 first printing.

Drowned Lives

For fans of Broadchurch, Louise Penny, and Peter Robinson comes a spellbinding new novel from internationally bestselling author Stephen Booth Welcome to the picturesque English village of Shawhead, where there's one road in and one road out. And on that road this morning is an abandoned vehicle...with an ominous bloodstain inside. It's a mystery. It could be a murder. Where—and who—is the driver? Whose blood has been discovered? Why are the people of Shawhead so hostile toward Detective Ben Cooper, sent in to take charge of the investigation? As Cooper peels back layers of lies and exposes dark secrets to the light, he draws ever closer to a killer hiding in plain sight. Packed with atmosphere, suspense, and surprises, The Murder Road is Stephen Booth's most unforgettable novel yet.

A Cooper & Fry Mystery

The Murder Road

Dark, intense and utterly compelling, Black Dog is an extraordinary thriller from the most promising new author to emerge in the genre in recent years.

The old Corpse Bridge is the route taken for centuries by mourners from villages on the western fringes of Derbyshire to a burial ground across the River Dove, now absorbed into the landscaped parkland of a stately home. When Earl Manby, the landowner, announces plans to deconsecrate the burial ground to turn it into a car park for his holiday cottages, bodies begin to appear once again on the road to the Corpse Bridge. Is there a connection with the Earl's plans? Or worse, is there a terrifying serial killer at work? Back in his job after the traumatic events of previous months, Detective Sergeant Ben Cooper knows that he must unravel the mystery of the Corpse Bridge if he's going to be able to move on with his life. As the pressure builds, Ben doesn't know who he can trust and, when the case reaches breaking point, he has to make a call that could put everything - and everyone - at risk...

The Corpse Bridge

The author of Dancing With the Virgins offers a new detective novel starring investigator Detective Sergeant Diane Fry, whose latest case involves three bodies that have suddenly and mysteriously appeared on her doorstep, as she and her colleague, Detective Constable Ben Cooper, follow a trail that could lead back to World War II. Reprint.

Blood on the Tongue

A Cooper and Fry Mystery

Dead in the Dark

Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District, and now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper, the blazes are best left to the firefighters, even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub, Cooper is on the case - and he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide. And the second is a corpse, newly dead... What links the three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible - and how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper and his rival DI Diane Fry, it's the most twisted investigation of their lives... and with an ingenious killer pulling the strings, it could also be their last. Drenched in atmosphere and danger, Stephen Booth's relentless new thriller builds to a shock finale that will catch even the most seasoned suspense readers off guard.

Dead And Buried

Stephen Booth returns with an evocative mystery perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson. It's a new year for Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, and that means new mysteries to solve in the icy depths of a bitter winter. It isn't the easiest way to commit suicide, but the dead woman seems to have simply curled up in the freezing snow and lain there until her heart stopped. There was no one to observe her death but the foxes and the hares. Yet she is riddled with bruises. Her demise is horrifying. Is it also suspicious? When two more bodies are found, Cooper and Fry begin to wonder whether these tragedies are connected—and whether they will survive the winter . . .

The second in the series set in the Derbyshire Peak District, Dancing with the Virgins is a tense psychological follow-up to Stephen Booth’s acclaimed debut Black Dog.

Dancing With the Virgins (Cooper and Fry Crime Series, Book 2)

A death in the family-from-hell bring Detectives Fry and Cooper to a remote and unfriendly rural community in their fourth psychological thriller.

Blind to the Bones (Cooper and Fry Crime Series, Book 4)

The dramatic, gripping new Cooper & Fry crime thriller from bestseller Stephen Booth sees the stunning Peak District backdrop prove fatal for one walking party They knew the danger, but they went anyway... "Almost before she'd stopped breathing, a swirl of mist snaked across her legs and settled in her hair, clutching her in its chilly embrace, hiding her body from view. It would be hours before she was found." The mountain of Kinder Scout offers the most incredible views of the Peak District, but when thick fog descends there on a walking party led by enigmatic Darius Roth, this spectacular landscape is turned into a death trap that claims a life. For DI Ben Cooper however, something about the way Faith Matthew fell to her death suggests it was no accident, and he quickly discovers more than one of the hikers may have had reason to murder their companion. To make things worse, his old colleague DS Diane Fry finds herself at centre of an internal investigations storm that threatens to drag Cooper down with it.

Fall Down Dead

A dark psychological thriller featuring Diane Fry and Ben Cooper, in which a small community is ripped apart by arson and murder. ‘Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric’ – Reginald Hill.

Scared to Live (Cooper and Fry Crime Series, Book 7)

An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill.

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