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Stephen Booth

3 Series • 22 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Ben Cooper & Diane Fry Books
Start with: Black Dog (2000)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Top Hard (2011)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 (2011)

ⓘ About Stephen Booth

Stephen Booth is an award winning author from England, who likes to write his novels based on the mystery, thriller, and crime fiction genres. He is particularly famous for creating the British Crime series called Cooper and Fry series set in Derbyshire. Author Booth is also popular for developing the characters of two young police detectives from Derbyshire named DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper, both of whom feature in his well known crime series. There is a total of 15 books published in the crime series written by Booth, all of which depict the characters of Fry and Cooper. The specialty of the series is that all the novels of the series are set in the atmospheric and beautiful location of England, the Peak District in Derbyshire.

All Book Series by Stephen Booth

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Black Dog

Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 2000

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2000
2
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Dancing with the Virgins

Book 2 of 19 · published 2001

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2001
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Blood on the Tongue

Book 3 of 19 · published 2002

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2002
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Blind to the Bones

Book 4 of 19 · published 2003

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2003
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One Last Breath

Book 5 of 19 · published 2004

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2004
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The Dead Place

Book 6 of 19 · published 2005

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2005
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Scared To Live

Book 7 of 19 · published 2006

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2006
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Dying to Sin

Book 8 of 19 · published 2007

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2007
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Claws

Book 9 of 19 · published 2007

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2007
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The Kill Call

Book 10 of 19 · published 2009

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2009
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Lost River

Book 11 of 19 · published 2010

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2010
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The Devil's Edge

Book 12 of 19 · published 2011

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2011
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Dead and Buried

Book 13 of 19 · published 2012

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2012
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Already Dead

Book 14 of 19 · published 2013

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2013
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The Corpse Bridge

Book 15 of 19 · published 2014

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2014
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The Murder Road

Book 16 of 19 · published 2015

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2015
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Secrets of Death

Book 17 of 19 · published 2017

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2017
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Dead in the Dark

Book 18 of 19 · published 2017

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2017
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Fall Down Dead

Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2018

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2018
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Top Hard

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2011

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2011
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Drowned Lives

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2019

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2019
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8

Single-title series · published 2011

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2011

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Stephen Booth?

Stephen Booth is an award winning author from England, who likes to write his novels based on the mystery, thriller, and crime fiction genres. He is particularly famous for creating the British Crime series called Cooper and Fry series set in Derbyshire. Author Booth is also popular for developing the characters of two young police detectives from Derbyshire named DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper, both of whom feature in his well known crime series.

Which Stephen Booth series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Ben Cooper & Diane Fry series, the earliest of Stephen Booth's multi-book series: it opens with Black Dog (2000) and runs to 19 books across 2000–2018, ending with Fall Down Dead (2018).

How many books has Stephen Booth written?

Stephen Booth has 22 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2019. 19 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Ben Cooper & Diane Fry series with 19 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Stephen Booth's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Stephen Booth's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Ben Cooper & Diane Fry (2000–2018, 19 books).

How are Stephen Booth's books organised into series?

This guide splits Stephen Booth's 22 books into 1 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Ben Cooper & Diane Fry (19 books, 2000–2018).