Kill Call - Softcover

Stephen Booth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007243464 ISBN 13: 9780007243464

Publisher: Harper Collins Omes, 2000

Synopsis

An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill.On a rain-swept Derbyshire moor, hounds from the local foxhunt find the body of a well-dressed man whose head has been crushed. Yet an anonymous caller reports the same body lying half a mile away. Called in to investigate the discovery, detectives DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper become entangled in the violent world of hunting and hunt saboteurs, horse theft and a little-known sector of the meat trade.As Fry follows a complex trail of her own to unravel the shady business interests of the murder victim, Cooper realizes that the answer to the case might lie deep in the past. History is everywhere around him in the Peak District landscape – particularly in the ‘plague village’ of Eyam, where an outbreak of Black Death has been turned into a modern-day tourist attraction.But, even as the final solution is revealed, both Fry and Cooper find themselves having to face up to the disturbing reality of the much more recent past.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Booth's fourteen novels featuring Cooper and Fry, all to be published by Witness, have sold over half a million copies around the world.

Review:

“Intelligent and substantive crime fiction, rich with complex characters.” (Library Journal)

“Suspenseful and supremely engaging. Booth does a wonderful job.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Clever, intricate . . . Cooper is an ascendant Lewis to Fry’s bitter Morse.” (Financial Times)

“Ben Cooper and Diane Fry are the most interesting crime team to arrive on the mystery scene in a long while.” (Rocky Mountain News)

“A modern master of rural noir.” (The Guardian)

“Booth delivers some of the best crime fiction in the UK.” (Manchester Evening News)

“Booth’s aim is to portray the darkness that lies beneath the surface . . . in this he succeeds wonderfully well.”— (Daily Mail (London))

“Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric.” (Reginald Hill)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Collins Omes
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0007243464
• ISBN 13: 9780007243464
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416