Stephen Booth
Claws (Crime Express)
Pbk published October 2007 by Five Leaves Publications at £4.99
ISBN: 1905512244
"In the wild crags of the Dark Peak moorland, a ruthless conflict has been raging for years. The discovery of an illegal haul from the bedroom of a terraced house is a clue to what might be at stake - perhaps the entire future of one of the most prized landscapes in the Peak District National Park.
"For young Derbyshire police detective DC Ben Cooper, an assignment to the Rural Crime Squad means stepping into the middle of the conflict, without being quite sure whose side he's on.
"The predators come in all shapes and sizes. And in this battle, not all the victims will be human..."
"Booth is a modern master of rural noir" - The Guardian
"One of the elite British mystery writers" - Washington Times
"There are few, if any, contemporary writers who do this as well as Stephen Booth" - Arena Magazine
"Booth delivers some of the best crime fiction in the UK" - Manchester Evening News
Stephen Booth is the creator of young Derbyshire police detectives DC Ben Cooper and DS Diane Fry, who have appeared in eight novels, the latest being Dying To Sin.
Booth's books have won awards on both sides of the Atlantic and have been translated into fifteen languages. The Cooper & Fry series has been nominated three years running for the Theakston's UK Crime Novel of the Year Award. The author was recently described by the Sunday Telegraph as "one of our best story-tellers."
Stephen Booth was born and raised in Lancashire, but now lives in Nottinghamshire.
John Harvey
Trouble in Mind (Crime Express)
Pbk published October 2007 by Five Leaves Publications at £4.99
ISBN: 1905512252
"No one in Britain is writing better crime fiction" - The Times
"One of the masters of British crime fiction" - Sunday Telegraph
"One of the leading writers of crime fiction alive today" - Le Monde
John Harvey is the author of ten Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was named by The Times (London) as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century.
In 2007 he was awarded the British Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Sustained Excellence in Crime Writing for his title Flesh and Blood.
