- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Collins Crime (8 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002326949
- ISBN-13: 978-0002326940
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 688,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Another first-rate mystery … Booth is particularly good at creating credible characters’ Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
Praise for Black Dog:
‘Stephen Booth creates a fine sense of place and atmosphere in his first novel… the unguessable solution to the crime comes as a real surprise’
Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
‘Stephen Booth is a real find, and his book is almost impossible to categorize… It is a crime novel, or rather a novel about people who are connected with the crime. The characterisation is brilliant, and the motivation for everything that occurs is too credible. A real winner’ Shots
‘Booth has achieved a tour de force in this his first outing. In fact, it is hard to believe that he is a first time author… Highly recommended’ Mysterybooks.com
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The second in the series featuring Detectives Fry and Cooper, Dancing with the Virgins is a tense psychological thriller, and is the sequel to Stephen Booth’s stunning debut Black Dog
In a remote part of the Peak District stand the Nine Virgins, a ring of stones overshadowed by a dark legend. Now, as winter closes in, a tenth figure is added to the circle – the body of Jenny Weston is discovered, her limbs arranged so she appears to be dancing.
Weeks earlier another woman had been attacked on the moors. Maggie Crew was found by a local farmer's wife, severely traumatized, her face savagely cut open. Is there a maniac at loose, knifing woman at random? Unlocking the memories trapped in Maggie's mind is now a matter of utmost urgency, and Detective Sergeant Diane Fry is given the task of drawing the truth out of her.
For DC Ben Cooper there are too many lines of enquiry leading to too few answers. Two travellers, sleeping rough near the scene of the murder, baffle the detectives with their strange rituals and language which may or may not be hiding vital information. Then there is the Park ranger, Owen Fox, whose past hides a shameful secret. And what of the farmer, Warren Leach, on whose land the Nine Virgins stand: a desperate man whose own children fear him.
Against the dramatic backdrop of the White Peak, Ben and Diane struggle to make sense of a murder that seems motiveless. But the moors have witnessed more bloodshed than either realize, and violence is to beget more violence before the answer is found.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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Dancing With The Virgins,
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This review is from: Dancing With the Virgins (Collins crime) (Paperback)
Ranger Mark Roper loved to patrol the hills of the Peak District. But on this particular day something was wrong. Something made him feel very uneasy. No matter how many times he tried to roust his supervisor on the radio, he had no luck. He was alone, and felt very uncomfortable. Suddenly, as he comes around a bend in the trail, he sees just what has made him uncomfortable. There in the middle of the circle, made of huge stones, lay the body of a girl. Her body arranged in a grotesque dance, a dance of death. Only weeks prior another woman had been attacked in the area. Scarred, physically and mentally, she had survived death, but her life had still been taken from her. Diane Fry, and Ben Cooper team up again to try and figure out who is out there attacking and killing women on Ringham Moor. Was it some psychopathic drifter, or could it have been Jenny Weston's, the dead girls, ex husband who obviously had an agenda of his own. There is no shortage of suspects in the area. In fact there are too many. And the surviving woman, Maggie Crew, is of absolutely no help in weeding out the one who attacked her. Stephen Booth has done it again. He takes you on a trip through the lives of the people in the Peak District and draws you in. You feel the desperation and sadness. But you also experience their stubbornness and pride. You even experience their failure at trying to overcome overwhelming odds. You feel the soft peat under your feet, the wind in your face, the chill in the air as the clouds fill the sky, and the rain that pelts on you, as you climb the trails that lead above the valley to the site of The Dancing Virgins. You see the huge stones move, and dance, as the sun slowly goes down over the hill. You wonder what secrets these stones hold. I didn't think Mr. Booth could even come close to what he did with Black Dog. But he not only came close, he outdid himself. This book drags you in, and won't let you go. Many of the same characters from Black Dog are there, and they hold the same fascination as they did before. Even more so now. They have become friends. Friends you want to see more often. And hopefully they will stay around for a long time to come. I highly recommend that you run, don't walk, run, and get a copy of this book. You are in for a wonderful adventure. An adventure into the lives of some very interesting, and complicated people. And a land that will haunt you even in your dreams.
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A real page-turner,
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This review is from: Dancing With the Virgins (Paperback)
Jenny Weston has been killed, stabbed to death in a stone circle known as the Nine Virgins. Another woman, an apparent associate of hers, Ros Daniels, is missing. A third, Maggie Crew, barely escapes her attacker... but is physically and mentally disfigured as a result. Is there a blood-thristy psychopath attacking women... or is there something much worse going on? This was an excellent read, I was engrossed from start to finish. The plot is multi-layered and cleverly constructed, with characters you genuinely care about - whilst at the same time becoming suspicious of them. There is a dark, windswept, desolate atmosphere to this story which reflects it's setting perfectly. And there are quite a few jaw-dropping moments. Great stuff - already looking forward to reading the next in the series....
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enveloping!,
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This review is from: Dancing With the Virgins (Paperback)
This is the first book by this author that I've read, but it certainly won't be my last! The pace of the story is superb, drawing the reader in very gently until you suddenly realise that you're totally hooked! Towards the end of the book, I couldn't wait to find out the truth about what events had really taken place and I kept reading at every opportunity (even at work, with the book hidden in my desk drawer!). I know it's the wrong way round (I've read the second novel first!), but I can't wait to read Black Dog and then Blood on the Tongue. Superb author, superb work!
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