Stephen Booth's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T07:05:51ZStephen Boothhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StephenBoothhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60986501?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=StephenBooth&xn_auth=noAre you offended yet?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-06:537324:BlogPost:1803162009-02-06T22:30:00.000ZStephen Boothhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StephenBooth
Today I'm blogging on a hot subject over at Blogspot - prompted by an abusive email from an offended reader! Do we all get those? Or is it just me? Let me know what you think:<br />
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Today I'm blogging on a hot subject over at Blogspot - prompted by an abusive email from an offended reader! Do we all get those? Or is it just me? Let me know what you think:<br />
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<a href="http://stephen-booth.blogspot.com">http://stephen-booth.blogspot.com</a>Out now: the 8th Cooper & Fry novel DYING TO SINtag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-08-26:537324:BlogPost:619312007-08-26T18:42:56.000ZStephen Boothhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StephenBooth
<p>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).</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>Here's the publisher's blurb for DYING TO SIN:</p>
<p>"The atmospheric and terrfiying new thriller, featuring Detectives Fry and Cooper from the award-winning Stephen Booth. For…</p>
<p>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).</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>Here's the publisher's blurb for DYING TO SIN:</p>
<p>"The atmospheric and terrfiying new thriller, featuring Detectives Fry and Cooper from the award-winning Stephen Booth. For decades, Pity Wood Farm has been a source of employment for poor workers passing through Rakedale, migrants with lives as abject as the labour they sought. But now it seems a far worse fate may have befallen some of those who came upon this isolated community. Routine building work at the farm has unearthed a grisly discovery: a human hand preserved in clay. When police dig up the farmyard, they find not one, but two bodies -- and several years between their burials. With pressure from a new Superintendent and scant forensic evidence to aid them, DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper have only the memories of local people to piece together the history of the farm. In a case as cold as the ground, Cooper finds himself drawn to a desperate theory: that somewhere, there lies a third body which holds the key to these dreadful crimes."</p>
<p>You can now read the first chapter of DYING TO SIN on my website. Go to:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stephen-booth.com/dyingchapter.htm">http://www.stephen-booth.com/dyingchapter.htm</a></p>
<p/><p/>Allan Guthrie is a winnertag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-08-26:537324:BlogPost:619302007-08-26T18:41:34.000ZStephen Boothhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StephenBooth
<p>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!</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>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.</p>THE DEAD PLACE makes the final six!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-07-07:537324:BlogPost:533152007-07-07T20:44:28.000ZStephen Boothhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StephenBooth
<p class="blogSubject"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>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.</b></font></font></p>
<p class="blogSubject"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>The award is sponsored by…</strong></font></p>
<p class="blogSubject"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>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.</b></font></font></p>
<p class="blogSubject"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>The award is sponsored by Theakston's Old Peculier, and will be presented on 19th July, the opening night of the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.</strong></font></p>
<p class="blogSubject"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>I</strong> <strong>love this award, because it's the only one of its kind that allows readers to choose the winner, instead of relying on a panel of judges. More power to the reader, I say! :)</strong> </font></p>
<p class="blogSubject"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Voting for the winner is now under way. Readers can vote for THE DEAD PLACE - or another favourite book from the list - by calling in at any Waterstone's bookstore (if you happen to be in the UK), or online via the Waterstone's website:</strong></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><strong><a href="http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1319"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003399" size="2"><strong>http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1319</strong></font></font></a></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">You can also go straight to the voting form by clicking here:</font></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><a href="http://surv.cheetahmail.com/s?n=4&aid=619054499&o=1"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003399" size="2"><strong>http://surv.cheetahmail.com/s?n=4&aid=619054499&o=1</strong></font></a></p>
<p><font size="2"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Thank you for voting!</font></font></b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Stephen</font></p>THE DEAD PLACE nominated for UK Crime Novel of the Yeartag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-21:537324:BlogPost:426492007-05-21T12:11:36.000ZStephen Boothhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StephenBooth
<p class="blogSubject"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>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.</strong></font></font></p>
<p align="left" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>This is the only UK award that allows readers to vote for the winner.…</strong></font></font></p>
<p class="blogSubject"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>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.</strong></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>This is the only UK award that allows readers to vote for the winner. There are 20 novels on the initial 'long list', which will be whittled down to six for the final voting. The award will be presented at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in July.</strong></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>To cast your vote, either call in at any branch of Waterstone's booksellers (if you happen to be in the UK), or vote online via the Waterstone's website:</strong></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><a href="http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1319"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003399"><strong>http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1319</strong></font></a></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4"><b><font size="3">Anyone can vote, and it's easy to do - all you need to provide is an email address. You can also straight to the voting form by clicking here:</font></b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><b><a href="http://surv.cheetahmail.com/s?n=3&aid=619054499&o=1"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003399">http://surv.cheetahmail.com/s?n=3&aid=619054499&o=1</font></a></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" size="2"><strong><font size="3">As an extra incentive, everyone who votes will be entered in a draw to win a weekend at the Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.</font></strong></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" align="left"><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" size="3"><strong>Thank you for voting. And good luck!</strong></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><strong>Stephen</strong></font></p>