Dancing with the Virgins: A Constable Ben Cooper Nove [ AWARD WINNER]l

U.S.A.: Scribner, 2001. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. " A BARRY AWARD WINNER and a GOLD DAGGER AWARD Nominee. Booth provides another psychologically complex British police procedural featuring Detective Constable Ben Cooper. When the body of Jenny Weston is found, displayed as if she were dancing, at the ancient site of the Nine Virgins stone circle, police suspect the same person who attacked and brutally disfigured Maggie Crew on the same Derbyshire moor just weeks earlier. But eight weeks and another nonfatal attack later, they are no closer to solving the crime, despite a list of possible suspects that includes a burglar with a potential personal grievance, a bad-tempered farmer driven to desperate means to survive economically, a well-respected park ranger who is found to like child pornography, and Jenny's ex-husband. Acting Detective Sergeant Diane Fry, a former partner of Cooper who got the promotion that seemed destined for him, can't jog Maggie's memories of her assailant. And Cooper must contend with his prickly relationship with Fry and his basic loyalty and humanity, as he sees victims where others see only suspects and shades of gray where others see black and white." Library Journal. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Award Winner.