The kill call
Subtitle: a Cooper & Fry mystery
By: Stephen Booth
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Witness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780062338983
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Ben Cooper (Fictitious character); Fiction; Diane Fry (Fictitious character); Police
Description: On a rain-swept hillside, hounds from the local foxhunt discover the body of a well-dressed man. At that exact moment, an anonymous caller reports the same body . . . lying half a mile away. It's only the first in a series of baffling clues as Ben Cooper and Diane Fry'partners and rivals on the detective force 'plunge into a case involving horses, spectacular wealth, and a mysterious "plague village" where a centuries-old outbreak of Black Death has been transformed into a modern tourist attraction. As the spring rain falls and the body count rises, Cooper and Fry's investigation twists back to the recent past. A killer lurks in the shadows there'a killer now hiding in plain sight . . . Atmospheric and ingenious, packed with suspense and secrets, The Kill Call is an unforgettable thriller from an unforgettable writer.