The Dead Place

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THE SERIES THAT INSPIRED COOPER AND FRY, coming toon to TV starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)Soon there will be a killing. Close your eyes and breathe in the aroma. I can smell it right now, can’t you? So powerful, so sweet. So irresistible. It’s the scent of death.”This death will be a model of perfection. The details will be precise, the conception immaculate, the execution flawless…”When a caller taunts the police with talk of a ”dead place” and the threat of an imminent killing, most think it”s a sick hoax. But Detective Diane Fry is sure there”s a murderer at work. And when the voice calmly invites them to meet the ”flesh eater”, Fry fears it may be too late. Meanwhile, her colleague DC Ben Cooper is investigating Derbyshire”s first case of body snatching, entering the macabre world of those whose lives revolve around the deceased and their disposal.But does an obsession with death make for a killer? And what horrors will greet them when they finally find the dead place?