Mike Rogers

A summer of endless rain leaves the officers of Derbyshire's CID with a problem. They have discovered a man's body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has made forensic examination impossible. And as the rain turns into a deluge, it emerges that DS Ben Cooper is not at home, but has vanished into thin air... Book 13 of the series.

The old Corpse Bridge is the route taken for centuries by mourners from the villages of Derbyshire to a burial ground across the River Dove. When plans are announced to deconsecrate the burial ground and turn it into a car park, bodies begin to appear once again on the road. Detective Sergeant Ben Cooper knows that he must unravel the mystery, but when the case reaches breaking point, he has to make a call that could put everything - and everyone - at risk... Book 14 of the series.

When an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub, DS Ben Cooper is on the case - and he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double murder. And the second is a corpse, newly dead...What links the three deaths? For Cooper and his rival DI Diane Fry, it's the most twisted investigation of their lives... Book 12 of the series.

Ten years ago, Reece Bower was accused of killing his wife, Annette, but with no trace of her remains, the case against him collapsed. Now Reece himself has disappeared, and his new wife wants answers. Detective Ben Cooper's search moves into the isolated depths of Lathkilldale caves, but the question is: who would want revenge for the death of Annette Bower? Book 17 in series

The newspapers call them the Savages: a band of home invaders as merciless as they are stealthy. Usually they don't leave a clue. This time, they've left a body. Before long, another corpse is discovered, dead of fright. As the toll rises, it's up to DC Ben Cooper and DS Diane Fry to track down the killers. Book 11 of the series.

The mountain of Kinder Scout offers the most incredible views of the Peak District, but when thick fog descends there on a walking party led by enigmatic Darius Roth, this spectacular landscape is turned into a death trap that claims a life. For DI Ben Cooper however, something about the way Faith Matthew fell to her death suggests it was no accident, and he quickly discovers more than one of the hikers may have had reason to murder their companion. To make things worse, his old colleague DS Diane Fry finds herself at centre of an internal investigations storm that threatens to drag Cooper down with it. Book 18 of series.

For the Peak District hamlet of Shawhead, there's only one road in and one road out. Its residents are accustomed to being cut off from the world by snow or floods. But when a lorry is found jammed in the narrow lane, with no sign of the driver except for a blood-stained cab, it's the beginning of something much more sinister... Ben Cooper and his team find links to the village, a suicide, and a death on a nearby road that happened years before. Book 15 of the series.

A series of suicides throughout the Peaks throws Detective Inspector Ben Cooper and his team in Derbyshire into a race against time to find a connection to these seemingly random acts. Meanwhile, in Nottingham Detective Sergeant Diane Fry finds a key witness has vanished...But what are the mysterious Secrets of Death? And is there one victim whose fate wasn't suicide at all? Book 16 of the series.