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Stephen Booth


UK flag (b.1952)

A newspaper and magazine journalist for over 25 years, Stephen Booth was born in the English Pennine mill town of Burnley. He was brought up on the coast at Blackpool, where he began his career in journalism by editing his school magazine and wrote his first 'novel' at the age of 13.

Stephen gave up journalism in 2001 to write crime novels full time. He and his wife Lesley live in a former Georgian dower house near Retford, Nottinghamshire, in Robin Hood and Pilgrim Fathers country. They have three goats and three cats. 
 

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Cooper & Fry
   1. Black Dog (2000)
   2. Dancing with the Virgins (2001)
   3. Blood on the Tongue (2002)
   4. Blind to the Bones (2003)
   5. One Last Breath (2004)
   6. The Dead Place (2005)
   7. Scared to Live (2006)
   8. Dying to Sin (2007)
   Claws (2007)
   9. The Kill Call (2009)
   10. Lost River (2010)
   11. The Devil's Edge (2011)
   12. Dead and Buried (2012)
   13. Already Dead (2013)
   14. The Corpse Bridge (2014)
   15. The Murder Road (2015)
   16. Secrets of Death (2016)
   17. Dead in the Dark (2017)
   18. Fall Down Dead (2018)
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Novels
   Top Hard (2012)
   Drowned Lives (2019)
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Stephen Booth recommends
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Cold Dawn (2022)
(DCI Castle, book 2)
James Ellson
"An exciting new addition to the world of crime fiction."
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Life Ruins (2019)
Danuta Kot
"Life Ruins has all the elements I love in a novel - complex characters, an insidious underlying menace, and haunting landscapes. This dark story will suck you in from the first page."
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One Last Prayer (2019)
(DCI Yorke Thriller, book 1)
Wes Markin
"An explosive and visceral debut with the most terrifying of killers. Wes Markin is a new name to watch out for in crime fiction, and I can't wait to see more of DCI Yorke."

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Anthologies containing stories by Stephen Booth
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 8 (2011)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 (2011)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski
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Criminal Tendencies (2009)
Great Stories from Great Crime Writers
edited by
Lynne Patrick

Awards
Barry Awards Best British Crime Novel winner (2001) : Black Dog
Dagger Awards Best Novel nominee (2001) : Dancing with the Virgins
Barry Awards Best British Crime Novel winner (2002) : Dancing with the Virgins


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