Dancing with the Virgins

by Stephen Booth | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0006514332 Global Overview for this book
Registered by chronicbooker3 of Hamilton, Ontario Canada on 6/18/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by chronicbooker3 from Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Monday, June 18, 2007
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" In a remote part of the Peak district stand the Nine Virgins, a ring of stones overshadowed by a dark legend. Now, as winter closes in, a tenth figure is added to the circle - the body of a woman is discovered, her limbs are arranged as if she were dancing.
Against the brooding backdrop of the White Peak, Dectective Sergeant Diane Fry and her old sparring partner Ben Cooper attempt to solve a murder that seems motiveless. But the moors have witnessed more violence than either of them realize, and the roots to the bloodshed lie buried deep in the past."

Journal Entry 2 by chronicbooker3 from Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
In Booth's second novel of this series, "Dancing with the Virgins" again takes place in and around the Peak District. The Virgins are a set of nine stones placed in a circle with the tenth stone set off to the side. Legend had it that nine village maidens had been caught dancing on the Sabbath and had been turned to stone for their sin and that the tenth stone (the fiddler that played for them) had been dealt the same fate. When the partially naked body of a woman turns up in the circle, Fry and Cooper must solve what seems to be a senseless crime .

I enjoyed watching the relationship start to take shape between Fry and Cooper on a professional level and wonder just how far on a personal level these two will evolve. Opposites may or may not attract in this case?? Don't let this fool you into thinking that this series is more about love interests then mystery and suspense. Booth writes without pleasantries and places the facts in the readers face - cold and unflowered - at times with description unwanting.

My only complaint would be that with the large amount of key characters in this book, I sometimes found it hard to keep them all in place. Nonetheless, I am eager to continue this series that I am sharing with my friend Enza (cestmoi).


Journal Entry 3 by not-so-cbl from Toronto, Ontario Canada on Saturday, May 10, 2008
Picked up at today's meetup at the Yellow Griffin Pub in Toronto.

Journal Entry 4 by crazy-book-lady from Toronto, Ontario Canada on Sunday, June 15, 2008
Transferring to my crazy-book-lady shelf.

This book is now in the possession of my mother-in-law who will read it and release it somewhere in Nova Scotia. (I still can't convince her to set up her own shelf!)

Journal Entry 5 by crazy-book-lady at Kentville, Nova Scotia Canada on Saturday, November 15, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (6/15/2008 UTC) at Kentville, Nova Scotia Canada

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