The Kill Call: The inspiration for Channel 5’s hit show COOPER AND FRY: a pulse-pounding crime thriller set in the Peak District (Cooper and Fry Crime Series, Book 9)
The novels that inspired the Channel 5 TV series COOPER AND FRY, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill.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.Praise for the Cooper and Fry series ‘Stephen Booth’s Black Dog sinks its teeth into you and doesn’t let you go. A dark star may be born!’ Reginald Hill ‘In this atmospheric debut, Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter’ Val McDermid In THE KILL CALL, Stephen Booth delivers one of the best thrillers in recent memory. This work of fiction is a testament to his storytelling prowess and his ability to keep readers hooked from start to finish.For fans of Elly Griffiths (The Last Remains), Lj Ross (Poison Garden), Ann Cleeves (The Dark Wives), Peter Robinson (Not Dark Yet), and Peter James (One of Us Is Dead).
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