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Dead and Buried by Stephen Booth
Cooper and Fry series Book #12
4★'s
From The Book:
Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District, and now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper, the blazes are best left to the firefighters, even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub, Cooper is on the case—and he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide, and the second is a corpse, newly dead. What links the three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible—and how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper and his rival DI Diane Fry, it's the most twisted investigation of their lives, and with an ingenious killer pulling the strings, it could also be their last.
My Views:
This is another series that I have been a long time reader of and for the most part can't find fault with any of the actual writing or the story itself. The thing that has bothered me more and more from the beginning is Diane Fry's treatment of Ben Cooper. She is ambitious and wants to make grade quickly but her character needs to become a bit more human and respectful of her partner. She was specially vicious in this installment so her behavior is escalating and it's beginning to take away from what was an excellent story line with a really surprising ending. Hopefully she will have cooled her heels a bit by the next one.
