Already Dead

Now a major TV series: COOPER AND FRY on Channel 5, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)

A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshires CID with a problem. They have discovered a mans body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has swollen the rivers and flooded the roads, making travel difficult and forensic examination impossible.

And thats not all. The absence of DS Ben Cooper, on extended leave after an arson attack, has left a serious gap. DS Diane Fry is a reluctant temporary replacement, but now their makeshift team is about to be tested to the limit. The fatal events of one damp August night are likely to remain shrouded in mystery if they cant track down a car glimpsed only as a dark outline in the rain by a passer-by.

As the rain turns into a deluge, loyalties among the officers will be put under intolerable strain as they try to solve their toughest case yet. And thats before it emerges that Ben Cooper is not at home, but has vanished into thin air...

Packed with atmosphere, suspense and danger, bestseller Stephen Booths exceptional new Cooper and Fry thriller is a masterclass in British crime writing.