Left You Dead: A Realistically Creepy Crime Thriller (Roy Grace Book 17)

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We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Peter said he was delighted with the way the city looked in the first show, which amassed 8.8 million viewers when it aired earlier this year. In a nutshell, it’s a did he/didn’t he set-up, but James, one of the best storytellers around, keeps the clever plot motoring. And the very scary ending will put you off going out on a dark night … Gone without a trace, Niall is arrested on suspicion of her murder. When DS Roy Grace is called in to investigate, it doesn't take long to realize that nothing in this case is quite as it seems . . . This is the premise for Peter James' latest book in his best-selling series featuring Brighton detective Roy Grace.

Left You Dead by Peter James | Waterstones

Following its world premiere this summer, a stage play of Looking Good Dead, starring Adam Woodyatt in the lead role, is set for a run at Brighton's Theatre Royal in October.He still has big dreams which tend to rub people up the wrong way and most folk at least in the police don’t like him. But normally I would be going out with police on a regular basis for my research, and I've really missed that aspect of it. OK, I digress. Once I was past the names, I was on firmer ground with the 17th book in Peter James’ Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series. This is one of the few ongoing sagas that still has me gripped, although the previous outing, Find Them Dead, left me feeling rather dissatisfied as the main character seemed to have been sidelined. Peter said: "I had the idea years ago - I would be driving somewhere and my wife would want to stop at a shop.

Left You Dead: A Realistically Creepy Crime Thriller (Roy

The Mirror Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he’s one of the most believable If you’ve never seen one before, go and look here. No self-respecting UK university was without one in the 1980s and 1990s … Left You Dead is the seventeenth thrilling crime novel in the Roy Grace series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective's investigations with Dead Simple, Looking Good Dead and Not Dead Enough. One major character leaves (spoiler alert it’s not the simpering Cleo) and another could well be on the way out (spoiler alert it’s still not the simpering Cleo). I remember asking a police officer if there is such thing as a perfect murder and he said: 'Absolutely. They're the ones we never hear about'.

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The Times James just gets better and better and deserves the success he has achieved with this first-class series

Left You Dead Review

Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he's one of the most believable * The Times * These are the hardest cases to investigate for police - when they don't have hard proof of a body. And that's how this story starts." James just gets better and better and deserves the success he has achieved with this first-class series * Independent on Sunday *And of course, filming is also due to begin later this year on the second series of ITV's small screen adaptation Grace, with three new 120 minute films based on Peter's novels Not Dead Enough, Dead Man’s Footsteps and Dead Tomorrow. Niall waits impatiently in the car, eager to get home so he can watch the Grand Prix, but Eden never comes out of the shop. Gone without a trace, Niall is arrested on suspicion of her murder. When DS Roy Grace is called in to investigate, it doesn't take long to realize that nothing is quite as it seems - and this might be his most mysterious case yet . . . Meanwhile, there’s the usual sideshows that we associate with a James novel – his private life with wife Cleo and strange young son Bruno, problems for his loyal supporting cast of hard-working cops, and the malign presence of ACC Cassian Pewe looming over it all.