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Guilt, sacrifice and redemption in a freezing Derbyshire winter in this tense psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of ‘Black Dog’.
'The sun had dropped over the edge of Irontongue Hill so that the snow-covered moor was in shadow … but Marie Tennent would never see the dawn.'
Marie's was not the only body lying undiscovered under the Peak District snow that January morning – nor the first. In 1945, the wreckage of a bomber was found on the Hill, full of dead crewmen. The missing pilot was declared responsible, but why would a decorated hero desert? The only other survivor refuses to talk. A young Canadian woman has arrived to uncover the truth – the pilot was her grandfather. DC Ben Cooper is intrigued. Perhaps he can help?
To his boss DS Fry, investigating two frozen bodies found on the moors, her colleague's interest is entirely unprofessional. But the past has a way of influencing the present and before either knows it, a long-cold trail in the dead of winter has grown dangerously hot …

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. 'The body of the woman sprawled obscenely among the stones… She looked like a dead woman, dancing.' The ring of cairns known as the Nine Virgins has stood on the windswept moors of Derbyshire for centuries. Now, as winter closes in, a tenth figure is added - a body - and a modern tragedy is added to the dark legend that surrounds the stones. There's no shortage of suspects, each with their own guilty secret, but what DS Fry and DC Cooper lack is any kind of motive. As they…

Dark, intense and utterly compelling, ‘Black Dog’ was an extraordinary first novel from a writer who has rapidly become the most promising crime author to emerge in the genre in years.
‘Where Cooper stood was remote and isolated… but the smell that lingered under the trees was of blood'
The long hot Peak District summer came to an end when they found Laura Vernon's body. But for local policeman Ben Cooper the work has just begun. His community is hiding a young girl's killer and a past as dark as the Derbyshire night. It seems Laura was the keeper of secrets beyond her years and, in a case where no-one is innocent, everyone is a suspect.
But Cooper's local knowledge and instincts are about to face an even greater challenge. The ambitious DC Diane Fry has been called in from another division, a woman as ruthless as she is attractive…

A death in the family-from-hell bring Detectives Fry and Cooper to a remote and unfriendly rural community in their fourth psychological thriller.
'And as it grew dark, Withens became almost entirely silent. Except for the screaming.'
A small village in the Peak District, Withens is troubled by theft and vandalism, mostly generated by local family-from-hell, the Oxleys. Now it is the focus of a murder investigation – a man's body has been found on the bleak moors nearby, and the man is an Oxley. To crack the case, DC Ben Cooper must break open the delinquent clan.
His boss, DS Diane Fry, is also in Withens. Grim new evidence has turned up in the case of a missing student but her parents refuse to believe she could be dead.
The darkness in Withens's heart is growing. And things are only going to get nastier…

T?dliche Sch?sse in der Nacht. Das Opfer: eine harmlose, alleinstehende Frau. Aber ist sie wirklich so unschuldig, wie es scheint? Der Tod von Rose Shepherd wirft unz?hlige Fragen auf. Nicht so der Tod einer Frau und ihrer beiden S?hne in derselben Nacht. Ein Feuer hat die drei im Schlaf ?berrascht. Doch dann entdecken die Detectives Fry und Cooper, dass es etwas gibt, das die Opfer verbindet. Ein Geheimnis, das t?dlich f?r jeden enden kann, der mit ihm zu tun hat …

Vor der Kulisse einer schneebedeckten Winterlandschaft hat Detective Ben Cooper gleich mehrere F?lle zu l?sen. Denn es werden nicht nur zwei Leichen unter einer dichten Schicht aus Eis und Schnee gefunden, auch ein lang zur?ckliegender Flugzeugabsturz im Peak District besch?ftigt Cooper und seine Vorgesetzte Dianne Fry. Bei der Suche nach den Hintergr?nden der Morde sind allerdings nicht nur die Recherchen schwierig: Auch das Verh?ltnis der beiden zueinander sorgt f?r Z?ndstoff …

"Ein neuer Fall f?r das Ermittlerteam Diane Fry und Ben Cooper.
Mansell Quinn wird nach dreizehn Jahren Haft aus dem Gef?ngnis entlassen und verschwindet gleich darauf spurlos. Wenig sp?ter wird Quinns Ex-Frau ermordet in ihrem Haus aufgefunden. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass Quinn sich an allen Menschen r?chen will, die ihn damals im Stich gelassen haben. Das Ermittlerteam Fry und Cooper verfolgt fieberhaft seine Spur und versucht, Quinns Racheplan zu durchkreuzen. Ein t?dliches Spiel gegen die Zeit beginnt …"

"Der kleine Ort Withens im englischen Peak District scheint das Ungl?ck anzuziehen. Diebstahl, Vandalismus und soziale Schwierigkeiten pr?gen das Leben des Dorfes. Als ein junger Mann umgebracht wird, st??t Detective Constable Ben Cooper bei seinen Ermittlungen auf eine schier un?berwindliche Mauer des Schweigens. Denn die Vergangenheit wirft ihre Schatten auf die Gegenwart – nicht nur f?r die Bewohner der Gegend, sondern auch f?r Ben Cooper und seine Vorgesetzte Dianne Fry …
""England ist eine gl?ckliche Insel, wenn auf ihr immer noch solche Krimiautoren wachsen."" Frankfurter Rundschau
""Fesselnd und atmosph?risch dicht."" Booklist "

"Ein verlassenes Bauernhaus, ein ungew?hnlicher Leichenfund und ein Dorf, das schweigt.
Ein neuer Fall f?r das ungleiche Ermittlerteam Diane Fry und Ben Cooper.
Jamie Ward hat das Gef?hl, in Blut zu waten. Die Umbauarbeiten auf Pity Wood Farm haben den Boden in klebrigen Schlamm verwandelt, und jetzt soll er auch noch einen Graben f?r das Abwasser ausheben. Doch Jamie hat kaum damit angefangen, als er eine abgetrennte Hand entdeckt. Und er ahnt, dass dies nicht der einzige grausame Fund bleiben wird. Das verlassene Farmhaus h?tet ein unheimliches Geheimnis, doch die Detectives Diane Fry und Ben Cooper tun alles, um es zu enth?llen."

"Bald wird sich ein Mord ereignen", k?ndigt ein anonymer Anrufer der Polizei von Derbyshire an. Detective Fry zweifelt zun?chst, ob sie diese Drohung ernst nehmen soll. Doch als sie h?rt, wie der Unbekannte mit ruhiger, kontrollierter Stimme die Tat bis ins Detail schildert, ist sie ?berzeugt, dass sie es mit einem gef?hrlichen Killer zu tun hat. Noch ahnt sie nicht, dass er sich sein Opfer bereits ausgesucht hat und dass es vielleicht schon zu sp?t ist, ihn aufzuhalten …

Die sommerliche Idylle des englischen Peak District tr?gt. Ein junges M?dchen wird tot in den W?ldern gefunden, und Detective Ben Cooper und seine Kollegin Diane Fry haben bei ihren Ermittlungen gegen Misstrauen und bewusste T?uschungsman?ver einer verschworenen Dorfgemeinschaft zu k?mpfen. Erst als Ben Cooper bereit ist, sich auch den D?monen seiner eigenen Vergangenheit zu stellen, kommt er der L?sung des Falles n?her.

Dark, intense and utterly compelling, ‘Black Dog’ was an extraordinary first novel from a writer who has rapidly become the most promising crime author to emerge in the genre in years.‘Where Cooper stood was remote and isolated … but the smell that lingered under the trees was of blood’The long hot Peak District summer came to an end when they found Laura Vernon's body. But for local policeman Ben Cooper the work has just begun. His community is hiding a young girl's killer and a past as dark as the Derbyshire night. It seems Laura was the keeper of secrets beyond her years and, in a case where no-one is innocent, everyone is a suspect.But…

Guilt, sacrifice and redemption in a freezing Peak District winter in this tense psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Black Dog: ‘A dark star may be born!’ Reginald HillIt wasn’t the easiest way to commit suicide. Marie Tennent seemed to have just curled up in the freezing snow on Irontongue Hill and stayed there until her body was frosted over like a supermarket chicken. And hers isn’t the only death the police have to contend with either – not after the discovery of a baby in the wreckage of an old Airforce bomber, and the body of a man dumped by a roadside.As if three bodies on her hands isn’t enough, snow and ice have…

The dramatic, gripping new Cooper & Fry crime thriller from bestseller Stephen Booth sees the stunning Peak District 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.

Master crime writer Stephen Booth ventures into the Peak District's dark subterranean world for a brand new, stunning and gasp-inducing Cooper & Fry thriller. 'A modern master'
Guardian How do you prove a murder without a body? Ten years ago, Reece Bower was accused of killing his wife, a crime he always denied. Extensive police searches near his home in Bakewell found no trace of Annette Bower's remains, and the case against him collapsed. But now memories of the original investigation have been resurrected for Detective Inspector Ben Cooper - because Reece Bower himself has disappeared, and his new wife wants answers. Cooper can't call on the Major Crime Unit and DS Diane Fry for help unless he can prove a murder took place - impossible without a body. As his search moves into the caves and abandoned mines in the isolated depths of Lathkilldale, the question is: who would want revenge for the death of Annette Bower?

Steeped in the atmosphere of the stunning Peak District, Secrets of Death is master crime writer Stephen Booth's most daring and clever Cooper & Fry thriller yet. A beautiful place to die . . . Residents of the Peak District are used to tourists descending on its soaring hills and brooding valleys. However, this summer brings a different kind of visitor to the idyllic landscape, leaving behind bodies and secrets. A series of suicides throughout the Peaks throws Detective Inspector Ben Cooper and his team in Derbyshire's E Division into a race against time to find a connection to these seemingly random acts - with no way of predicting where the next body will turn up. Meanwhile, in Nottingham Detective Sergeant Diane Fry finds a key witness has vanished... But what are the mysterious Secrets of Death? And is there one victim whose fate wasn't suicide at all?

For the tiny Peak District hamlet of Shawhead, there's only one road in and one road out. Its residents are accustomed to being cut off from the world by snow or floods. But when a lorry delivering animal feed is found jammed in the narrow lane, with no sign of the driver except for a blood-stained cab, it's the beginning of something much more sinister. Detective Inspector Ben Cooper must attempt to unravel the history of secrets, lies and loyalties that will lead to the truth behind the missing lorry driver. But the residents of Shawhead are not used to having strangers in their midst and, while getting to grips with staff changes in E Division, Ben's way forward is far from clear. Will he turn to Detective Sergeant Diane Fry, now working in Special Operations at Nottingham's Major Crimes Unit, for help when the case takes a dramatic turn? A truly outstanding mystery that's packed with foreboding Peak District atmosphere, The Murder Road is a suspense-filled read that reaches a stunningly clever conclusion.

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...

A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshire's criminal investigation department with a problem. They have discovered a man's body lying in shallow water, but torrential downpours have swollen the rivers and flooded the roads, making travel difficult and forensic examination impossible. And that's not all. The absence of Detective Cooper, on extended leave after an arson attack, has left a serious gap. Detective Fry is a reluctant temporary replacement, but now their makeshift team is about to be tested to the limit. The fatal events of one damp August night are likely to remain shrouded in mystery if they can't track down a car glimpsed only as a dark outline in the rain by a passerby. When the drops turn into a deluge, loyalties among the officers will be put under intolerable strain as they try to solve their toughest case yet. And that's before it emerges that Detective Cooper is not at home recuperating, but has vanished into thin air . .

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.