“Intelligent and substantive crime fiction, rich with complex characters.” - Library Journal
“Suspenseful and supremely engaging. Booth does a wonderful job.” - Los Angeles Times
“A modern master of rural noir.” - The Guardian
“Ben Cooper and Diane Fry are the most interesting crime team to arrive on the mystery scene in a long while.” - Rocky Mountain News
“Booth delivers some of the best crime fiction in the UK.” - Manchester Evening News
“Booth’s aim is to portray the darkness that lies beneath the surface . . . in this he succeeds wonderfully well.”— - Daily Mail (London)
“Clever, intricate . . . Cooper is an ascendant Lewis to Fry’s bitter Morse.” - Financial Times
“Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric.” - Reginald Hill