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Stephen Booth

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in Burnley, The United Kingdom

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Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Crime

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Stephen Booth is the author of 18 novels in the Cooper & Fry series, all set around England's Peak District, and a standalone novel DROWNED LIVES, published in August 2019.

The Cooper & Fry series has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic, and Detective Constable Cooper has been a finalist for the Sherlock Award for Best Detective created by a British author. The Crime Writers’ Association presented Stephen with the Dagger in the Library Award for “the author whose books have given readers most pleasure.”

The novels are sold all around the world, with translations in 16 languages. The most recent title is FALL DOWN DEAD.

A new Stephen Booth standalone novel with a historical theme, DROWNED LIVES, will be published in August 2019:
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Average rating: 3.8 · 38,763 ratings · 2,985 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	Black Dog (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 6,242 ratings — published 2000 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing with the Virgins (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 3,011 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood on the Tongue (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 2,912 ratings — published 2002 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind To The Bones (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #4) 3.85 avg rating — 2,119 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Last Breath (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #5) 3.87 avg rating — 1,925 ratings — published 2004 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dying to Sin (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #8) 3.91 avg rating — 1,797 ratings — published 2007 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scared to Live (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #7) 3.85 avg rating — 1,740 ratings — published 2006 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder Road (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #15) 3.77 avg rating — 1,750 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Place (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #6) 3.81 avg rating — 1,732 ratings — published 2005 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corpse Bridge (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #14) 3.78 avg rating — 1,576 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A NEW STANDALONE - DROWNED LIVES

My Derbyshire police detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry are on holiday at the moment (I think they deserved it after 18 novels and all those murders!).

So my next book, due out in the UK in August, will be something different - a standalone novel with a historical theme, called DROWNED LIVES.

This is set in Derbyshire's neighbouring county, Staffordshire, and in particular around the fascinati Read more of this blog post »

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“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

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“concrete.”
― Stephen Booth, Dead And Buried

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“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

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message 6: by Kris

Nov 05, 2012 06:48PM

Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author, Stephen. It's always great to connect with another author, especially one on the other side of the world.

Kris

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message 5: by Stephen

Jul 31, 2012 11:33AM

Hi, Zoë. Been ridiculously busy. I had a new book out and moved house at the same time. Not to be recommended - especially when BT leave you without phone or internet connection for weeks as a result! Hoping to get some writing done in August, if I'm lucky! How about you?

Stephen

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message 4: by Zoë

Jul 30, 2012 11:59PM

Hi Stephen

Thanks for Friending me. Lovely to catch up with you here. Long time no see. How the hell are you?

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message 3: by Christine

Jan 23, 2012 06:02AM

good morning

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message 2: by Jan

Jul 31, 2011 03:01PM

Hi, Steve. Doing pretty well, thanks. Debating whether to attend this year's B'con dinner - not as much fun these days without my traditional con dinner partner!

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message 1: by Beth

Jun 11, 2011 07:52AM