In the wake of a series of suspicious deaths on the moors of Dark Peak, detectives Diane Fry and Ben Cooper struggle with a two-year-old unsolved case involving a secretive clan and the death of a young woman whose parents insist that she is still alive. Reprint.[...]
DS Ben Cooper comes closer to death than he ever has before in the 12th Cooper & Fry caseBrutal 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[...]
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 no[...]
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 no[...]
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 no[...]
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 grou[...]
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 grou[...]
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 [...]
In a bizarre suicide, a woman has been found curled into a fetal position and frozen to death in the bleak English Peak District, yet her body is badly bruised. This discovery brings the tally of suspicious deaths to three. Detective Sergeant Diane Fry has come up empty-handed in her investigation o[...]
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 o[...]
Den brittiska kriminalromanen när den är som bäst!
Det är rävjakt ute på en regn- och vindpinad ljunghed i grevskapet Derbyshire, när hundarna plötsligt hittar ett lik. Det tillhör en välklädd herre som har fått skallen krossad - men av vad? I samma veva ringer en anonym rös[...]
Tät intrig och pulserande spänning i genuint brittiska miljöer
Det är maj månad och värmebölja i Derbyshire. När kriminalinspektör Ben Cooper tar en löprunda utmed floden hör han plötsligt skrik, en liten flicka har hittats drunknad i vattnet. Hon hette Emily Nield och blev å[...]
Krypande spänning
Ben Cooper och Diane Fry del 11. I den idylliska byn går en skoningslös mördare lös. En trettiosexårig trebarnsmor hittas brutalt mördad i sitt kök. I en annan del av huset påträffas hennes make dödligt skadad. Misstankarna går till en fruktad rånarliga som[...]
Närmare döden än någonsin förr
Så nära döden har kriminalinspektör Ben Cooper aldrig tidigare varit som i den nya, tolfte boken om honom och kollegan Diane Fry. Krypande spänning, smart intrig och trovärdiga karaktärer - Död och begraven är en kriminalgåta av bästa engelska [...]
"Snart ska någon dödas. Det kan ske inom de närmaste timmarna. Vi skulle kunna synkronisera våra armbandsklockor och räkna ner minuterna ? Den där lukten känns just nu. Visst gör den? Den är så mäktig, så söt. Så oemotståndlig. Det är dödens doft."
Polisen i Derbyshir[...]