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Loading... Black Dog (2000)by Stephen Booth
None. The first in a series of police procedurals set in England's Peak District, featuring a male and a female police officer who each have their private demons. Excellent setting, plot and characters. I went on to read the rest of the series during the year. (  ) auntieknickers | Apr 3, 2013 |  I don't know how this series managed to stay off my radar for so long. I really enjoyed Black Dog. The eccentric older characters seem so true to life, and the cops, Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, are psychologically complex, with problems and feelings of their own. And strangely enough, though they make mistakes and have personal failings and don't like each other much, they seem to make a good team. I am really looking forward to reading the whole series. ( ) Scrabblenut | Apr 2, 2013 | An excellent mystery novel by Stephen Booth introducing the characters Cooper and Fry. Both are intriguing characters and Booth's excellent writing also makes sure that you are hooked. ( ) adithyajones | Nov 3, 2012 | Cooper looked again at the summit of Win Low and the Witches There was a n ancient pack horse road crossing the tore, beneath the shadow of the twisted rocks. But it would be a brave traveller who went that way at night. It was all too easy to imagine the black hounds of the legends growling up there on the dark ridge, waiting to pounce. And once the black dogs of hell were on your back, you could nee shake them off. This is the first in a series of police procedurals set in the Peak District. I've read a couple of them before, but I was glad to get hold of a copy of the first book and discover the origins of the strained professional relationship between police officers Ben Cooper and Diane Fry. The mystery at the heart of the story involves strong bonds of family and friendship, and local boy Cooper and incomer Fry take very different approaches to the investigation. I loved the cover, too. It's an atmospheric picture of lichen-covered crags under a lowering sky, which fits the story's Peak District location perfectly. (  ) isabelx | May 30, 2011 | Black Dog was not full of suspense - it was very dull in places - but there was just something about the book that made me not want to put it down. This was Stephen Booth's debut novel. It’s the first installment of the Ben Cooper and Diane Fry series. I have purchased the rest of the series over the last few days, I enjoyed this book that much. Stephen Booth has a unique way of writing. He describes the places in the book so vividly, almost in a errie kinda way. The characters were a different sort of lot. I found the three elderly men to be quit entertaining. The next book in the series is Dancing With The Virgins, which I can’t wait to read. (  ) chrissywest | Jan 9, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
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(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:42:57 -0500)
When teenager Laura Vernon goes missing in a hot summer in the Peak District, local police mount a full scale search. But it's retired miner Harry Dickinson who finally discovers Laura's body, and he seems determined to obstruct the investigation. Ben Cooper, a young DC has known the villagers all his life, but his instinctive feelings about the case are called into question by the arrival of Diane Fry, a ruthlessly ambitious detective from another division. As the investigation twists and turns, Ben and Diane discover that to understand the present, they must also understand the past; and in a world where no one is entirely innocent, no one can avoid pain.… (more)
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