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Set in and around the dark, misty canals of Lichfield, Stephen Booth's incredible first standalone novel is awash with mystery.

'Dramatic . . . gripping' The Times 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. 'Makes high summer as terrifying as midwinter' Val McDermid 'Crime writing at its finest' Daily Mail 'A modern master' Guardian 'A first rate mystery Sunday Telegraph 'Ingenious Plotting and richly atmospheric' Reginald Hill

For fans of Broadchurch, Louise Penny, and Peter Robinson comes a spellbinding new novel from internationally bestselling author Stephen Booth 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?

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 Ben Cooper and his team from Derbyshire Constabulary's E Division return in this gripping new page-turner from the master of the genre. For the Peak District hamlet of Shawhead, there's only one road in and one road out. Its handful of 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... 'Booth skilfully portrays a stunning landscape with a dark heart that conceals secrets, vendettas and revenge' Daily Mail 'Makes high summer as terrifying as midwinter' Val McDermid 'A first rate mystery Sunday Telegraph 'Ingenious Plotting and richly atmospheric' Reginald Hill

The brilliant new thriller by crime writing master Stephen Booth 'portrays a stunning landscape with a dark heart that conceals secrets, vendettas and revenge'. Daily Mail

A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshire's CID with a problem. They have discovered a man's body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has swollen the rivers and flooded the roads, making travel difficult and forensic examination impossible. And that's not all. The absence of DS Ben Cooper, on extended leave after an arson attack, has left a serious gap. DS Diane Fry is a reluctant temporary replacement, but now their makeshift team is about to be tested to the limit.

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.

Packed with nerve-jangling suspense and moody atmosphere, and featuring two of the most appealing heroes in modern crime fiction, The Devil's Edge is a thriller to rival the very best of Peter Robinson and Peter James

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

On a rain-swept hillside, hounds from the local foxhunt discover the body of a well-dressed man. At that exact moment, an anonymous caller reports the same body . . . lying half a mile away. It's only the first in a series of baffling clues as Ben Cooper and Diane Fry—partners and rivals on the detective force —plunge into a case involving horses, spectacular wealth, and a mysterious "plague village" where a centuries-old outbreak of Black Death has been transformed into a modern tourist attraction. As the spring rain falls and the body count rises, Cooper and Fry's investigation twists back to the recent past. A killer lurks in the shadows there—a killer now hiding in plain sight . . . Atmospheric and ingenious, packed with suspense and secrets, The Kill Call is an unforgettable thriller from an unforgettable writer.

Ein verlassenes Bauernhaus, ein ungewöhnlicher Leichenfund und ein Dorf, das schweigt. Ein neuer Fall für das ungleiche Ermittlerteam Diane Fry und Ben Cooper. Jamie Ward hat das Gefühl, 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 für 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 hütet ein unheimliches Geheimnis, doch die Detectives Diane Fry und Ben Cooper tun alles, um es zu enthüllen.

Diane Fry und Ben Cooper ermitteln in einem neuen Fall: Mansell Quinn wird nach dreizehn Jahren Haft entlassen und verschwindet. Kurz darauf wird seine Ex-Frau ermordet aufgefunden. Das Team versucht, Quinns Racheplan zu stoppen und gerät in ein gefährliches Wettrennen gegen die Zeit.

Tödliche Schüsse in der Nacht. Das Opfer: eine harmlose, alleinstehende Frau. Aber ist sie wirklich so unschuldig, wie es scheint? Der Tod von Rose Shepherd wirft unzählige Fragen auf. Nicht so der Tod einer Frau und ihrer beiden Söhne in derselben Nacht. Ein Feuer hat die drei im Schlaf überrascht. Doch dann entdecken die Detectives Fry und Cooper, dass es etwas gibt, das die Opfer verbindet. Ein Geheimnis, das tödlich für jeden enden kann, der mit ihm zu tun hat 

„Bald wird sich ein Mord ereignen“, kündigt ein anonymer Anrufer der Polizei von Derbyshire an. Detective Fry zweifelt zunächst, ob sie diese Drohung ernst nehmen soll. Doch als sie hört, wie der Unbekannte mit ruhiger, kontrollierter Stimme die Tat bis ins Detail schildert, ist sie überzeugt, dass sie es mit einem gefährlichen Killer zu tun hat. Noch ahnt sie nicht, dass er sich sein Opfer bereits ausgesucht hat und dass es vielleicht schon zu spät ist, ihn aufzuhalten …

Fourteen years ago Mansell Quinn was jailed for murdering his mistress. Now he has escaped and is on the run, hiding amongst the Peak District's many summer tourists. When Quinn's ex-wife is found dead, DC Ben Cooper and his tough boss Dian Fry suspect it is only a matter of time before another victim is found. And Cooper - as the son of Quinn's arresting officer - is high on the list. -- back cover.

Im kleinen Ort Withens im Peak District häufen sich Unglücke wie Diebstahl und Vandalismus. Nach dem Mord an einem jungen Mann stößt Detective Ben Cooper bei seinen Ermittlungen auf eine Mauer des Schweigens, während die Schatten der Vergangenheit die Gegenwart belasten.

Sam Falconer is pretty good at taking care of herself. Four times world judo champion, she now runs the Gentle Way investigation agency in London. But when her brother Mark asks her to return to Oxford to investigate a disappearance of a woman that's shaken the city's university, Sam finds herself confronting a past she hoped she'd left behind. Oxford is full of ghosts and Sam has never quite recovered from finding the body of a murdered 4-year-old girl there. She has no idea what led her to the spot and would do anything rather than return to the scene.As Sam begins to investigate the woman's disappearance, she becomes increasingly uneasy. Someone is determined to frighten her off the case and then she receives a letter from a man who's been dead for twenty years - her father...

Im Peak District steht der geheimnisvolle Steinkreis "neun Jungfrauen", um den eine düstere Legende kursiert. Im Winter wird die Leiche der jungen Jenny Weston gefunden. Detective Ben Cooper und Sergeant Diane Fry ermitteln in einem Mordfall mit tiefen historischen Wurzeln. Zweiter Kriminalroman nach "Kühler Grund".

Detective Ben Cooper ermittelt in einer schneebedeckten Winterlandschaft und muss gleich mehrere Fälle lösen, darunter zwei Leichen und einen alten Flugzeugabsturz. Die schwierigen Recherchen und das angespannten Verhältnis zu seiner Vorgesetzten Dianne Fry bringen zusätzlichen Zündstoff in die Ermittlungen.

Die sommerliche Idylle des englischen Peak District trügt. Ein junges Mädchen wird tot in den Wäldern gefunden, und Detective Ben Cooper und seine Kollegin Diane Fry haben bei ihren Ermittlungen gegen Misstrauen und bewusste Täuschungsmanöver einer verschworenen Dorfgemeinschaft zu kämpfen. Erst als Ben Cooper bereit ist, sich auch den Dämonen seiner eigenen Vergangenheit zu stellen, kommt er der Lösung des Falles näher.

What makes Shakespeare's sonnets exceptional and original? Primarily, it lies in the fact that Shakespeare was, unlike most other sonnet authors, primarily a dramatic and theatrical poet. The sonnet's confined space, measuring five feet wide and fourteen lines high, serves as a small Shakespearean stage where every word acts as a performer and each line represents a theatrical part. Within this limited, precisely defined space, Shakespeare showcases his artistry. The originality of his sonnets is rooted in their extraordinarily wide range of emotions and passions, encapsulating nearly the entirety of love's experience. Shakespeare's sonnets explore both joyful and painful love, erotic and platonic love, faithful and unfaithful love, pure love and love that is betrayed and constantly wounded, selfish love as well as selfless, sacrificial love. Each sonnet can be seen as a conversation or a letter in verse, with the entire collection resembling poetic correspondence. It is not grand art but rather occasional poetry, akin to poetic letters—Shakespearean mail that conveys the paradoxes of concrete existence.