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[Blind To The Bones by Stephen Booth
Cooper & Fry series Book #4
4.5★
The villagers of Withens are dying. Emma Renshaw vanished two years ago, her body never found. Now her former housemate has been bludgeoned, his remains discovered near a deserted railway tunnel. Is there a link between the two? While Detective Sergeant Diane Fry focuses on Emma’s possible murder, her colleague Ben Cooper investigates a series of burglaries. Only one family seems exempt: the Oxleys. Descended from workmen who built the ancient tunnels beneath the village, they stick close to their own–and keep their secrets closer. Caught in the tangle of death and deception are Cooper and Fry. Their personal history and professional relationship have blurred before, and will again, as their cases converge in the most unsettling ways.Cooper and Fry...what interesting characters with insufferable personalities. The author seems to delight in portraying Cooper and Fry.as unlikable...yet they excel in getting the case solved. This one also has a great deal of history and geography of the area blended in beautifully with the storyline. One of the best aspects of this series is that the reader seldom has the murderer correct. So there is always mystery to these mysteries.
