FALL DOWN DEAD (Cooper & Fry Mysteries)

The dramatic, gripping new Cooper & Fry crime thriller from bestseller Stephen Booth sees the stunning Peak District backdrop prove fatal for one walking partyThey 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.

The Guardian

“A modern master of rural noir.”

“Booth’s aim is to portray the darkness that lies beneath the surface . . . in this he succeeds wonderfully well.”

Los Angeles Times

“Suspenseful and supremely engaging. Booth does a wonderful job.”

Rocky Mountain News

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

Manchester Evening News

“Booth delivers some of the best crime fiction in the UK.”

Financial Times

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

Reginald Hill

“Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric.”

Library Journal

“Intelligent and substantive crime fiction, rich with complex characters.”

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.

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