Cooper and Fry Crime Series - Scared to Live (Cooper and Fry Crime Series, Book 7)
A dark psychological thriller featuring Diane Fry and Ben Cooper, in which a small community is ripped apart by arson and murder. ‘Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric’ – Reginald Hill.
An assassination in the night – an open window and three bullets from the darkness – the victim a harmless middle-aged woman. But can she really be quite as innocent as she seems? The death of Rose Shepherd swarms with questions – unlike the deaths of a woman and her two children in a house fire. A tragedy, yes, but an everyday one.
Then DS Fry discovers a link between the two cases, a link that crosses the borders between nations, between right and wrong, between madness and sanity. She and Ben Cooper discover why some people are scared to live – and others are fated to die…
Praise for ‘Scared to Live’: -
”'It’s easy to see why Stephen Booth’s novels are so popular. The awesome scenery is an ideal background for a murder or two; he has developed his two principal characters into rounded personalities and he always gives them an intriguing mystery to investigate.” - Sunday Telegraph
”'A modern master of rural noir.” - Guardian
”'Booth’s aim is to portray the darkness that lies below the surface… in this he succeeds wonderfully well.” - Mark Billingham, Daily Mail
”'Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric.” - Reginald Hill
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
'A leading light of British crime writing.' Guardian -
”'In this atmospheric debut, Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter.” - Val McDermid
‘’Black Dog’ sinks its teeth into you and doesn’t let go … A dark star may be born!’ Reginald Hill -