Blind to the Bones (Cooper & Fry Mystery) - Softcover

Booth, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062350455 ISBN 13: 9780062350459

Publisher: Witness Impulse, 2014

Synopsis

A death in the family from hell brings 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 a family of local delinquents, the Oxleys. Now the town is the focus of a murder investigation. A man's body has been found on the bleak moors nearby, and the victim is an Oxley. To crack the case, DC Ben Cooper must break open the degenerate 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 ...

This taut, atmospheric thriller is perfect for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Peter James.

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Review:

Praise for Blind to the Bones:

‘He has got better with each book. This is another very fine book, masterfully plotted and filled with real flesh-and-blood personalities’ Daily Telegraph

‘Another of Booth’s fine Derbyshire mysteries’ Scotsman

Praise for Stephen Booth:

‘Stephen Booth creates a fine sense of place and atmosphere ... the unguessable solution to the crime comes as a real surprise’ Sunday Telegraph

‘The complex relationship between [Cooper and Fry] is excellently drawn, and is combined with an intriguing plot and a real sense of place: Stephen Booth is an author to keep an eye on’ Evening Standard

‘Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter’ Val McDermid

‘A dark star may be born!’ Reginald Hill

'A leading light of British crime writing' Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian

From the Publisher:

Withens is a small village in the Peak District, but it s no idyll. Dark and dour, it s troubled by theft and vandalism, mostly generated by local family-from-hell, the Oxleys. Now it is the focus of a murder investigation a young man s body has been found on the desolate moors nearby, and the man is an Oxley.

DC Ben Cooper is trying to crack the case and to do that he must crack this clannish family. On top of that, his difficult boss, Detective Diane Fry, is also in Withens on business one Emma Renshaw, a student who vanished two years ago. Some ominous new evidence relating to Emma has turned up, but her parents are convinced she is still alive and act accordingly and very strangely. So, with one murder and one as yet unsolved disappearance, Withens reputation for grimness is growing. And it looks like things are only going to get darker

About this edition

• Publisher: Witness Impulse
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062350455
• ISBN 13: 9780062350459
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 683