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Black Dog

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Synopsis

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.

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Reginald Hill

“Black Dog sinks its teeth into you and doesn't let go... A dark start may be born.”

Sunday Telegraph

“A superb sense of place and atmosphere - and the unguessable solution comes as a complete surprise.”

Val McDermid

“Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter.”