KILL CALL

An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson andReginald Hill. On a rain-swept Derbyshire moor, hounds from the localfoxhunt find the body of a well-dressed man whose head has been crushed.Yet an anonymous caller reports the same body lying half a mile away.Called in to investigate the discovery, detectives DS Diane Fry and DC BenCooper become entangled in the violent world of hunting and hunt saboteurs,horse theft and a little-known sector of the meat trade. As Fry follows acomplex trail of her own to unravel the shady business interests of themurder victim, Cooper realizes that the answer to the case might lie deepin the past. History is everywhere around him in the Peak Districtlandscape - particularly in the 'plague village' of Eyam, where anoutbreak of Black Death has been turned into a modern-day touristattraction. But, even as the final solution is revealed, both Fry andCooper find themselves having to face up to the disturbing reality of themuch more recent past.