Stephen Booth's Page
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- Hometown:
- Nottinghamshire, UK
- About Me:
- I suppose I should mention that I'm the author of the Ben Cooper and Diane Fry series, featuring two young Derbyshire police detectives and set in England's Peak District:
BLACK DOG
DANCING WITH THE VIRGINS
BLOOD ON THE TONGUE
BLIND TO THE BONES
ONE LAST BREATH
THE DEAD PLACE
SCARED TO LIVE
DYING TO SIN
and coming to the UK in April 2009:
the 9th Cooper & Fry novel
THE KILL CALL
"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."
If you're outside the UK, you can order a copy of THE KILL CALL with FREE worldwide shipping from The Book Depository:
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/browse/category/id/2616?b=90&t=...
Other than that... well, I'm yet another ex-journalist who turned to crime. I live in rural Nottinghamshire, close to Sherwood Forest. There's far more than you really need to know about me on my website.
You can also visit the Stephen Booth Forum:
http://www.stephen-booth.com/Forum
or check out my new blog:
http://stephen-booth.blogspot.com
I'm on MySpace too:
http://www.myspace.com/stephenbooth
and Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=597367391
- I Am A:
- Writer
- Website:
- http://www.stephen-booth.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Favourite authors include:
Peter Robinson
Reginald Hill
John Harvey
Michael Connelly
Ian Rankin
Ruth Rendell
Stuart Pawson
Minette Walters
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Life on Mars
New Tricks
NCIS
CSI
Dexter
Stephen Booth's Photos
Stephen Booth's Blog
Are you offended yet?
http://stephen-booth.blogspot.com
Posted on February 7, 2009 at 8:30am — 3 Comments
Out now: the 8th Cooper & Fry novel DYING TO SIN
My 8th Cooper and Fry novel, DYING TO SIN, will be published in the UK on 3rd September (and in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc shortly afterwards).
I can hardly believe that I've reached eight books in this series since BLACK DOG first appeared in 2000. And I'm currently at work on number 9!
Here's the publisher's blurb for DYING TO SIN:
"The atmospheric and terrfiying new thriller, featuring Detectives Fry and Cooper from the award-winning Stephen Booth. For decades
… ContinuePosted on August 27, 2007 at 5:42am —
Allan Guthrie is a winner
Many congratulations to Allan Guthrie, who won the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for his first novel TWO WAY SPLIT. I was really thrilled for Allan, and I could tell that he was genuinely gobsmacked to have won!
A big 'thank you' to everyone who voted for THE DEAD PLACE, and to the organisers of the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival (including, of course, sponsors Theakston's themselves) for supporting this award and putting on such a great event.
Posted on August 27, 2007 at 5:41am —
THE DEAD PLACE makes the final six!
Many thanks to everyone who voted for the 6th Cooper & Fry novel THE DEAD PLACE in the UK Crime Novel of the Year nominations. The book is now through to the final six. Congratulations to all the other authors on the shortlist, too - it's a great list, and I'm really honoured to be on it.
The award is sponsored by
… ContinuePosted on July 8, 2007 at 7:44am —
THE DEAD PLACE nominated for UK Crime Novel of the Year
I'm chuffed to say that the 6th Cooper & Fry novel THE DEAD PLACE has just been nominated for the UK Crime Novel of the Year Award, sponsored by Theakston's Old Peculier.
This is the only UK award that allows readers to vote for the winner.
… ContinuePosted on May 21, 2007 at 11:11pm —
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You are my first official friend on my CrimeSpace page. Many thanks. Malcolm
I finally got round to reviewing "Blind to the Bones". You might like to see my "Bait in the Box" post which is a kind of appetizer before the final review.
http://djskrimiblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/djs-bait-in-box-4.html
Usually my visitors enjoy it quite a lot :)
Keep on keeping on ...
I liked your first two and really enjoyed the third (borrowed the Danish version at my local library) so I really expect that reading/reviewing your fourth in English is going to be MY pleasure :)
Personally I prefer reading British fiction in English but if I post a Danish review as well at the right time I may be able to lure some Danish fans into my blog-net :)
Your books look great! I'll have to add you to my list.
At this rate, I'll end up doing more reading than writing, which may be better for my sanity ... long term.
Lillian Porter
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