num_pages: 480
description: As helicopters search Northern England's Peak District for fifteen year-old Laura Vernon, Detective Constable Ben Cooper quietly dreads the worst. And when her body is found in the woods, Cooper's investigation begins with a short list of markedly uncooperative suspects: retired miner Harry Dickinson, whose black Labrador discovered Laura's body, and Laura's wealthy parents. Uneasily teamed with ambitious newcomer Detective Constable Diane Fry, Cooper tests a town's family ties, friendships, and loyaties -- and finds that in order to understand the present, they must unearth the past.
language: English
title: Black Dog
titlecomplete: Black Dog (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #1)
genres: Thriller, Detective, Adult Fiction, Crime, Suspense, British Literature, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Police
ratings_count: 5853
places: Peak District, Derbyshire, England
series: Ben Cooper & Diane Fry
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Barry Award
category: Best British Crime Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Mystery
publisher: Pocket