by StephenBooth (Author)
A dark psychological thriller featuring Diane Fry and Ben Cooper, in which a small community is ripped apart by arson and murder. 'Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric' - Reginald Hill. An assassination in the night - an open window and three bullets from the darkness - the victim a harmless middle-aged woman. But can she really be quite as innocent as she seems? The death of Rose Shepherd swarms with questions - unlike the deaths of a woman and her two children in a house fire. A tragedy, yes, but an everyday one. Then DS Fry discovers a link between the two cases, a link that crosses the borders between nations, between right and wrong, between madness and sanity. She and Ben Cooper discover why some people are scared to live - and others are fated to die...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
Edition: New e.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 05 Feb 2007
ISBN 10: 0007172109
ISBN 13: 9780007172108
Praise for `Scared to Live':
`It's easy to see why Stephen Booth's novels are so popular. The awesome scenery is an ideal background for a murder or two; he has developed his two principal characters into rounded personalities and he always gives them an intriguing mystery to investigate.' Sunday Telegraph
`A modern master of rural noir.' Guardian
`Booth's aim is to portray the darkness that lies below the surface... in this he succeeds wonderfully well.' Mark Billingham, Daily Mail
`Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric.' Reginald Hill
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
'A leading light of British crime writing.' Guardian
`In this atmospheric debut, Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter.' Val McDermid
`'Black Dog' sinks its teeth into you and doesn't let go ... A dark star may be born!' Reginald Hill
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. `Scared to Live' is the seventh in the series featuring Derbyshire detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry.