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EXCERPT: At the first salon she worked in after qualifying as a hairdresser, Lorna had a client who was an anthropologist at Sussex University. The latest in the Roy Grace series, this adventure sees him and his team hunting the killer of a woman whose body is found in a bath. Then other scenarios begin to present themselves, each of them tantalizingly plausible, until, in a sudden turn of events, and to his utter disbelief, the case turns more sinister than Grace could ever have imagined. There are enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing but I did feel that some of the plot lines had loose ends that were never explained properly. I like Peter James portrayal of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as a soft and caring person to his staff and family.
As popular internationally as in the UK, he won the US Barry Award, for Best British Crime Novel in 2012. After hearing that his ex-wife has committed suicide in Germany, he discovers that he has a ten-year old son, Bruno, that he knew nothing of. She leaves behind no memories worth keeping: her husband is dead, her boss has made no bones about disliking her, and she’s looking forward to new responsibilities and the higher salary underwritten by North Dakota’s sudden oil boom. Ik genoot eerder al van de twaalf voorgaande delen en hou van de evolutie die ik zie in de karakters en hoe we ze telkens ietsje beter leren kennen. I can't reveal any of the story as it would spoil previous books but just know that it is excellent as always and if this a genre you enjoy please read from the beginning!In addition, I thought that Roy and Cleo weren't right, it seemed to have lost some of the character strengths in replacement for the police heavy duties. Love You Dead’ in hardback was Peter’s eleventh Sunday Times No 1 bestseller and Peter’s first non-fiction title ‘Death Comes Knocking’ written in association with Graham Bartlett, Head of Sussex Police was published in July 2016, scoring Peter a hat trick of titles in the Sunday Times charts within a month. There appears to be some animosity between himself and one of his superior officers, which I’m sure has an interesting backstory, but the one feature that does stand out in this book is his absolute concern for his co-workers.
We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I my humble opinion this was nowhere near the better books in the series but still an essential read for the series with significant steps in the Sandy story line.
Peter’s novella, ‘ The Perfect Murder’ (2010) went straight in at No 1 in the iBooks chart and spent 40 consecutive weeks in the iBooks Top 10. The first one, Dead Simple, was excellent and the plot of this one involving the detective work is good. With a handful being amongst the best books I have read, I am disappointed that at best I can only give 3 stars to this book, probably if it was by anyone else might have been 2 stars. Wow it’s been a while since I read a Roy Grace book and here we are again still my favourite detective series on and off screen. I have only one disappointment; after a pleasurable day in the sun, absolutely engrossed, I have to wait a while for the next instalment.
DISCLOSURE: I own my copy of Need You Dead by Peter James, published by MacMillan, thanks to my husband who gave me this copy for Christmas. Need You Dead was a gift and my only worry, apart from THOCH was, I might not be able to understand when the main characters backstory is mentioned. A dedicated man to his career but also one that has learnt lessons the hard way in the past about getting that balance between work and home. Roy Grace at work comes across as a man who cares deeply for his team and yet also has a tone when he means business with them. However, he still has to face the shocking realisation (that came from the conclusion of the last book) in the form of his ten year old son Bruno who he has only just learnt about.
Superintendent Roy Grace is assigned to investigate the death of Lorna Belling, an apparent suicide by electrocution in a bathtub - but is it? It’s just as well that Grace has some distraction from the murder of Lorna Belling, because the more deeply his team digs into the case, the more likely it seems that the killer was someone inside the Sussex Police.
Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author Peter James, faces his most mysterious case yet in Need You Dead. There was a real sense of the tremendous impact that something like this has on everyone involved and how at times a trail can lead to a suspect and a subsequent crime not related to the original investigation. I'd been told by a friend and Peter James fan to delve into another of his novels as the former was not his best work.This is the 13th book in the Roy Grace books, this is a series that is so well paced and consistently of a very high standard. La duda que me surge ahora es: ¿qué pretende hacer con el nuevo personaje que nos ha introducido tras la muerte de su ex?
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