Lost River

A May Bank Holiday in Englands Peak District is ruined by the tragic drowning of an eight-year-old girl in picturesque Dovedale.

For Detective Constable Ben Cooper, a helpless witness to the tragedy, the incident is not only traumatic, but leads him to become involved in the tangled lives of the Neilds, the dead girls family.

As he gets to know them, Cooper begins to suspect that one of them is harbouring a secret - a secret that the whole family might be willing to cover up.

Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Diane Fry has a journey of her own to make - a journey back to her roots. As she finds herself drawn into an investigation of her own among the inner-city streets of Birmingham, Fry realises there is only one person she can rely on to provide the help she needs.

But that man is Ben Cooper, and hes back in Derbyshire, where his suspicions are leading him towards a shocking discovery on the banks of another Peak District river.

LOST RIVER was a number 17 Sunday Times bestseller in the UK.

PRAISE FOR THE COOPER AND FRY SERIES:

"Suspenseful and supremely engaging. Booth does a wonderful job." - Los Angeles Times

"Simultaneously classic, contemporary and haunting." - Otto Penzler, Mysterious Bookshop, New York

"Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter." - Val McDermid, award-winning crime novelist

"Booth has firmly joined the elite of Britains top mystery writers." - Florida Sun-Sentinel

"Highly recommended - a great series!" - Seattle Mystery Bookstore

"Ben Cooper and Diane Fry are the most interesting crime team to arrive on the mystery scene in a long while." - Rocky Mountain News

"One of our best story tellers." - Sunday Telegraph

"Booth delivers some of the best crime fiction in the UK." - Manchester Evening News