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Loading... Already Dead (2013)by Stephen Booth
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Did like it - but think perhaps he has gone a bit overboard on the description of place. Wirksworth deserves to be immortalised in fiction but not all of it moved the story forward, some of it felt like padding and some like a tourist guide. Liked the twist at the end. Sending Ben Cooper off the rails over his fiance's death rang quite true - as he seemed to have sleep-walked into the engagement (disturbing shades of The History of Mr Polly sleep-walking into marriage and then literally burning the house down). If the relationship had been better grounded then he might not have felt so disorientated when she died - although to be fair, if the relationship had been better grounded Stephen Booth might not have killed her off! ( ) Did like it - but think perhaps he has gone a bit overboard on the description of place. Wirksworth deserves to be immortalised in fiction but not all of it moved the story forward, some of it felt like padding and some like a tourist guide. Liked the twist at the end. Sending Ben Cooper off the rails over his fiance's death rang quite true - as he seemed to have sleep-walked into the engagement (disturbing shades of The History of Mr Polly sleep-walking into marriage and then literally burning the house down). If the relationship had been better grounded then he might not have felt so disorientated when she died - although to be fair, if the relationship had been better grounded Stephen Booth might not have killed her off! The latest installment of the Ben Cooper/Diane Fry series finds Ben still reeling from his near death experience in the last book which left his fiancée dead. In his absence, Diane is back at Derbyshire to solve the murder of what might be a drowning victim. While clues lead her team to conclude the death was no accident, the reader follows Ben on his personal vendetta to make those responsible for Liz’s death pay. His dreams and flashbacks torment him as he faces the realization that it may be left up to him to seek the justice they deserve. In a bit of irony, Ben appears to turn into Diane as his experience has left him a shell of a person lacking empathy while Diane is surprisingly morphing into a person who is actually conjuring up feelings. As usual, Booth doesn’t disappoint in yet another episode rich in atmosphere. no reviews | add a review
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A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshire's CID with a problem. They have discovered a man's body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has swollen the rivers and flooded the roads, making travel difficult and forensic examination impossible. And that's 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 can't 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 that's before it emerges that Ben Cooper is not at home, but has vanished into thin air... Packed with atmosphere, suspense and danger, bestseller Stephen Booth's exceptional new Cooper and Fry thriller is a masterclass in British crime writing. No library descriptions found. |
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