Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Dog | 2000 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 2 | Dancing with the Virgins | 2001 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 3 | Blood on the Tongue | 2002 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 4 | Blind to the Bones | 2003 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 5 | One Last Breath | 2004 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 6 | The Dead Place | 2005 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 7 | Scared To Live | 2006 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 8 | Dying to Sin | 2007 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 9 | Claws | 2007 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 10 | The Kill Call | 2009 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 11 | Lost River | 2010 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 12 | The Devil’s Edge | 2011 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 13 | Dead and Buried | 2012 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 14 | Already Dead | 2013 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 15 | The Corpse Bridge | 2014 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 16 | The Murder Road | 2015 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 17 | Secrets of Death | 2017 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 18 | Dead in the Dark | 2017 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
| 19 | Fall Down Dead | 2018 | Ben Cooper & Diane Fry | Buy |
The Ben Cooper & Diane Fry series follows two detectives with very different approaches to policing in the Derbyshire Peak District. The series began with Black Dog in 2000 and ran to 19 books, with the Peak District landscape playing a major role in the atmosphere of each story. Early titles include Dancing with the Virgins (2001), Blood on the Tongue (2002), and One Last Breath (2004).
The middle period brought Scared To Live (2006), Dying to Sin (2007), and Lost River (2010). Later entries like Already Dead (2013), The Corpse Bridge (2014), and Fall Down Dead (2018) concluded the arc. The tension between the two lead characters is as central to the books as the crimes they investigate.