Stephen Booth

Born in Lancashire, Stephen Booth has been a newspaper and magazine journalist for 25 years. He has worked as a rugby reporter, a night shift sub-editor on the ‘Scottish Daily Express’ and Production Editor of the ‘Farming Guardian’ magazine, in addition to spells on local newspapers in the North of England. Stephen lives in a Georgian dower house in Nottinghamshire with his wife, three cats and three goats.

His debut crime novel ‘Black Dog’ was the first in a series set in the Peak District and featuring young Derbyshire police detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry. ‘Black Dog’ was named as one of the six best crime novels of 2000 by the ‘London Evening Standard’, and Reginald Hill said: “Stephen Booth’s ‘Black Dog’ sinks its teeth into you and doesn’t let you go.”

Author photo © Charlie Hopkinson

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The Devil's Edge Stephen Booth A Maxim Jakubowski Great Male Crime Sleuth. The fact that that they have operated for ten books so far in the supposedly quiet locale of the Peak District does not mean that these provincial cops encounter less violence or... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Scared to Live Stephen Booth A puzzle from beginning to end and a great read. Apart from the police, all the characters involved are living in fear and you sit on tenterhooks with them. Set in the Peak District and starring Detectives Fry and Cooper... Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 05/02/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

The Dead Place Stephen Booth Gritty, dark, atmospheric Peak District whodunit. It’s his sixth in the series, well worth becoming hooked on.Comparison: Reginald Hill, Barbara Vine, Graham Hurley.Similar this month: John Harvey, Quintin Jardine. Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 30/01/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

One Last Breath Stephen Booth This is dark, psychological thriller stuff with the area, the Peak District, playing an important role as Edinburgh does for Rebus, Oxford for Morse. It is the fifth in the series, all highly atmospheric.Comparison: Ian Rankin, Reginald... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)