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I agree with all of Barry's choices. Has anyone read Quintin Jardine's Skinner books set in Edinburgh? I really enjoy these and as there are 20 of them I have had a lot of enjoyment!
Haven't seen Lost River in any of the bookshops in Oz as yet. We do eventually catch up but I will have to order it from the Book Depository if it doesn't appear soon.
No pressure, Stephen, but have you started on the next one yet?

I've so many books on my "to be read" list that I tend not to be worried if I don't get the new ones immediately.  I did not read Lost River until June although I had it shortly after its release date.  Also for the "special" ones I like to know I have enough time to be able to read them in a few days.

I have mentioned it before but I never see Cooper & Fry books in such as Waterstones.  Once you are aware of an author / series it is easy to find out the release date and order a copy.  But the "casual" guy is missing out.  I found Black Dog by chance in the library a few years ago but for example Lee Child & Harlan Coben new releases always figure in the mainstream bookshops (+ Tesco & Asda)which is where I discovered them five or so years ago.  Stuart Pawson's books are like yours, Stephen, not available to the masses or at least not available to those not in the know.

I suppose this is the publishers fault not yours but more exposure would increase the chances of a TV prog.  Morse & Frost are gone now, we need a replacement or several instead of I'm a celebrity on X Factor so get me out of the jungle or I'll appear on the Katie Price Show type rubbish (in my opinion)!!!

Yes, the new Charlie Priest is 'A Very Private Murder'.

We're such big fans in this household that we had it on pre-order and got it as soon as it came out.

Stephen

The new Charlie Priest is out now, I've ordered it but not yet arrived.  I'm currently reading Limestone Cowboy to get me in Charlie mood. 

This new one has been a long time coming, I think the last one was late 2007.  I hope this doesn't mean Stuart has lost interest in Charlie, that would be a shame.  However I can appreciate the difficulties in keep coming up with good new stuff regularly.

Although the books take place in the fictional town of Heckley the team regularly visit my home town and surrounding ones so I can easily identify with them

Insp Joe Faraday by Graham Hurley, set in Portsmouth
Supt Roy Grace by Peter James, set in Brighton
Insp Charlie Priest by Stuart Pawson, set in West Yorkshire
Insp John Handford, also West Yorkshire
Insp Loriman by Alex Gray, set in Glasgow

I agree with all of these.

In particular, Stuart Pawson is an author who deserves to be much better known. I've been reading the Charlie Priest series for a long time now.

Stephen

Some of the others I've been reading recently and like are

Insp Joe Faraday by Graham Hurley, set in Portsmouth

Supt Roy Grace by Peter James, set in Brighton

Insp Charlie Priest by Stuart Pawson, set in West Yorkshire

Insp John Handford, also West Yorkshire

Insp Loriman by Alex Gray, set in Glasgow

There are more when you've read all those

Apart from SB, I adore Mark Billingham's Thorne series, John Harvey's Resnick series, and Peter Robinson's Alan Banks series. LOL You see an infatuation with male detectives here, I guess.

I love all these too, infact I want to discover other British crime/thriller authors to read.  Any suggestions?

As from the previous discussion on this subject it seems alot of people dislike Diane Fry.

But what about now after learning more about her past from The Lost River?

Surely there must be more of an understanding of why she act the way she does?

[Fantastic book]

Fantastic book, I just couldn't put it down and I, like Barry thought that maybe Diane and Ben may form a closer relationship but always thought it more of a brother sister kind of thing with Ben deeply caring for her.  But i may have changed my mind with the last words in the book. "Did I?" From Ben as he watches Diane walk away.

I'm from Burton which as you say the River Dove forms the boundry between Staffordshire and Derbyshire and actually used to swim in it as a child. I have visited so many of the places you use as the settings of your books, plus I now live in north Birmingham and it was great to identify with all the places Diane went .  I have even played those online war games and was surprised at how much I understood.

More please Stephen and don't keep us waiting too long 

More events to come in the autumn, if you missed the summer schedule.