A death in the family-from-hell bring Detectives Fry and Cooper to a remote and unfriendly rural community in their fourth psychological thriller.

'And as it grew dark, Withens became almost entirely silent. Except for the screaming.'

A small village in the Peak District, Withens is troubled by theft and vandalism, mostly generated by local family-from-hell, the Oxleys. Now it is the focus of a murder investigation - a man's body has been found on the bleak moors nearby, and the man is an Oxley. To crack the case, DC Ben Cooper must break open the delinquent clan.

His boss, DS Diane Fry, is also in Withens. Grim new evidence has turned up in the case of a missing student but her parents refuse to believe she could be dead.

The darkness in Withens's heart is growing. And things are only going to get nastier...

About the Author

Stephen Booth was born in the Lancashire mill town of Burnley and has remained rooted to the Pennines during his career as a newspaper journalist. He lives with his wife Lesley in a former Georgian dower house in Nottinghamshire and his interests include folklore, the Internet and walking in the hills of the Peak District. This is the fourth novel in his series set in the Peak District.

Reviews

Praise for Blind to the Bones:

'He has got better with each book. This is another very fine book, masterfully plotted and filled with real flesh-and-blood personalities' Daily Telegraph

'Another of Booth's fine Derbyshire mysteries' Scotsman

Praise for Stephen Booth:

'Stephen Booth creates a fine sense of place and atmosphere ... the unguessable solution to the crime comes as a real surprise' Sunday Telegraph

'The complex relationship between [Cooper and Fry] is excellently drawn, and is combined with an intriguing plot and a real sense of place: Stephen Booth is an author to keep an eye on' Evening Standard

'Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter' Val McDermid

'A dark star may be born!' Reginald Hill

'A leading light of British crime writing' Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian

Book Information
ISBN 9780007130672
Author Stephen Booth
Format Paperback
Page Count 640
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 330g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 111mm * 41mm