A mysterious phone call from an obsessed killer keeps Detective Diane Fry on edge while her partner Detective Constable Ben Cooper is searching for the identity of a skeleton found in the woods. Not realizing that their cases may be related, the two find their suspects coinciding on multiple levels.

As the two move through the clues, bodies start to stack up; although, not fresh bodies. Fry works through the killer's messages as Cooper looks for the identity of the first skeleton. Funeral parlors, obsessed professors and an old crypt help to decipher the messages. As more messages arrive, the two detectives discover more about death than they ever wanted to know

English novelist Stephen Booth gives readers the sixth book in the Ben Cooper/Diane Fry mystery set in England's Peak District. This series just keeps getting better and better. Fry is as unlikable as ever and Cooper is the epitome of a good guy. A good example of the good- cop/bad-cop routine. I enjoyed learning a bit more about death and the references Booth used when describing smells and areas. This book was a quick read for its length and at times slow-paced, however it's worth it in the end to find out how everything intertwines.