Dead in the Dark - Cooper and Fry, Bk 17 Author:Stephen Booth How do you prove a murder without a body? — Ten years ago, Reece Bower was accused of killing his wife, a crime he always denied. Extensive police searches near his home in Bakewell found no trace of Annette Bower's remains, and the case against him collapsed. — But now memories of the original investigation have been resurrected for De... more »tective Inspector Ben Cooper - because Reece Bower himself has disappeared, and his new wife wants answers.
Cooper can't call on the Major Crime Unit and DS Diane Fry for help unless he can prove a murder took place - impossible without a body. As his search moves into the caves and abandoned mines in the isolated depths of Lathkilldale, the question is: who would want revenge for the death of Annette Bower?« less
A pleasant, plodding crime novel set in Great Britain's Peak District. Not a lot of excitement or suspense but lots of scenery and history described, and everything gets wrapped up plausibly at the end.