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.

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’ ScotsmanPraise 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

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.

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’ ScotsmanPraise 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