Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Dog | 2000 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 2 | Dancing with the Virgins | 2001 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 3 | Blood on the Tongue | 2002 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 4 | Blind to the Bones | 2003 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 5 | Ei metsää puilta | 2003 | Stephen Booth | N/A |
| 6 | One Last Breath | 2004 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 7 | The Dead Place | 2005 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 8 | Scared To Live | 2006 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 9 | Dying to Sin | 2007 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 10 | The Kill Call | 2009 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 11 | Lost River | 2010 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 12 | Claws | 2007 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 13 | The Devil’s Edge | 2011 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 14 | Dead and Buried | 2012 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 15 | Already Dead | 2013 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 16 | The Corpse Bridge | 2014 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 17 | The Murder Road | 2015 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 18 | Dead in the Dark | 2017 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 19 | Secrets of Death | 2017 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
| 20 | Fall Down Dead | 2018 | Stephen Booth | Buy |
The Ben Cooper & Diane Fry series by Stephen Booth is one of the longest-running British police procedural series, spanning twenty novels from Black Dog (2000) to Fall Down Dead (2018). The series is set in and around the fictional town of Edendale in the Peak District of Derbyshire, where the two lead detectives investigate crimes shaped by the isolated, rural landscape.
Ben Cooper grew up in the area and understands its people, while Diane Fry arrived from Birmingham with her own troubled past and a determination to prove herself. Their contrasting styles and personalities create a dynamic that evolves across the full run of the series. Cases range from murders in remote villages to cold cases buried in the moorland, all anchored by the atmospheric Peak District setting.