- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Collins Crime (8 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007116373
- ISBN-13: 978-0007116379
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,223,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 set in the Derbyshire Peak District, 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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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I started this book hoping it would be as good a read as 'Black Dog'which was an excellent first novel by Stephen Booth. I finished it knowing that he is a writer whose skills are growing and developing with each piece of writing. This is a cracker! The plot is intricate, but finely tuned, and could carry the reader along on its own, but add in excellent characterisation, social background and an almost poetic portrayal of the wilderness of the Peak District and you have an 'unputdownable' novel. Well done Stephen! I am looking forward to the further development of your characters in the next book!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have little to add to the previous reviewer!
This book has everything - two sympathetic, totally contrasting lead characters, whose fates are gradually becoming intertwined; a strong supporting cast; a loving description of the peak district and its inhabitants; wonderful prose, which additionally is witty and observant; and to cap it all, a clever whodunnit with a driving plot.
Terrific!
This book has everything - two sympathetic, totally contrasting lead characters, whose fates are gradually becoming intertwined; a strong supporting cast; a loving description of the peak district and its inhabitants; wonderful prose, which additionally is witty and observant; and to cap it all, a clever whodunnit with a driving plot.
Terrific!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm a big fan of Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks stories and read Black Dog and Dancing with Virgins whilst waiting for my next 'Banks' fix- and I was immediately hooked. The descriptive prose is excellent and the characters are so believable. First class writing from a new author.
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