Stephen Booth > Quotes

“think suicides are the saddest deaths of all. It means someone has decided that life has no part for them to play any more.”
― Stephen Booth, Dancing With The Virgins

“concrete.”
― Stephen Booth, Dead And Buried

“Cooper got up from his desk and followed the butterfly around the room until it came within reach. He cupped his hands around it gently, feeling its wing-tips tickling his fingers for a moment before became still. ‘Hey up, Ben’s made an arrest,’ said Gavin Murfin. ‘Do you want the handcuffs, Ben?”
― Stephen Booth, One Last Breath

“two of those ancient rocks propped against each other on Raven’s Side – jagged and weathered, their hard surfaces gouging into each other, but worn to each other’s shape by the years. But if one of those rocks should crumble, there was no future for the other.”
― Stephen Booth, Black Dog

“Other urban voices sounded strident, but the natural Brummie tone hovered somewhere between bewilderment and despair.”
― Stephen Booth, Lost River

“accent that Fry could detect.”
― Stephen Booth, Dead in the Dark

“able”
― Stephen Booth, Dancing With The Virgins

“RSPB outlet. Cooper bought a filter coffee from the Watermark”
― Stephen Booth, Already Dead

“The famous and much photographed stepping stones across the River Dove”
― Stephen Booth, Secrets of Death

“Mr”
― Stephen Booth, A Cooper and Fry Mystery Collection #1: Black Dog, Dancing with the Virgins and Blood on the Tongue

“similar job elsewhere?”
― Stephen Booth, Dead And Buried

“the”
― Stephen Booth, Blood on the Tongue

“his abilities, of course. He was always intending”
― Stephen Booth, The Murder Road

“And that was?’ ‘He”
― Stephen Booth, A Cooper and Fry Mystery Collection #1: Black Dog, Dancing with the Virgins and Blood on the Tongue

“roof”
― Stephen Booth, Black Dog

“mum had just put the washing out.”
― Stephen Booth, Dancing With The Virgins