One very good read
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First Sentence: If Ronnie Wilson had known, as he woke up, that in just a couple of hours he would be dead,, he would have planned his day somewhat differently.
Perpetually failed businessman Ronnie Wilson happens to be in New York City on September 11, 2001. Rather than seeing the tragedy around him, he sees it as a way to disappear from his past.
In present day, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to a crime scene where the skeletal remains of a woman have been found. Grace first hopes/fears it could be the remains of his wife, Sandy, who disappeared nine years ago. Instead, the woman is identified as having been the wife of first wife of Ronnie Wilson.
About the same time, the body of a woman is found in a submerged vehicle's trunk in Australia. Turns out, she was Wilson's second wife.
Although this book has lost a few points with me for the continual series tease about Grace's missing wife, this was a very twisty and exciting read. I like the character of Roy Grace. He's a good cop with good relationships to both his superior and his team, or most of them. He also knows he does still have issues stemming from his wife's disappearance.
The story is very well plotted with very good dialogue, although one does have to pay attention to the timeframes. The relationship threads were suitably twisty and I didn't always see the connections coming. The events of September 11th were well handled, conveying the horror of the event while looking at it from the avaricious side of Wilson. The climatic scene was exciting, suspenseful and had just a small element of humor giving Grace a bit of his own back against a cop our to make him look bad.
This was a very good read and one I recommend.
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I`ll strangle Mr.James
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Absolutely the best book in the series of Roy Grace. He just goes from strength to strength in his "dead" books. That last sentence though grrr, hands up who feels like strangling him! Possibly the best, "straight to the jugular" ending of any book I have read.I have no doubt the next in series will beat all previous sales figures by miles.Personally I loved the way he flitted from N.Y to the UK, was very cleverly done. Great stuff.
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GREAT STUFF
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YOU READ ABOUT 9/11 IN THIS ONE AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THERE, DON'T WORRY THE STORY IS ALSO SET IN BRIGHTON AND IT GETS REALLY GOOD. THE NEXT BOOK IN THIS SERIES IT NOT OUT TILL JUNE 09 CANT WAIT.
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Excellent
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As someone who struggles to keep his eyes open long enough at the end of the evening to read more than a few sentences, I read this book in weeks!
A real page turner, with a few twists and turns along the way - I should have seen them coming. Its also nice that its based in Brighton.
I havent bought a Peter James book before, but suspect I will now get through quite a few more..
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back on track
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After the previous Roy Grace novel ( not dead enough ) leaving me disappointed, this has put the series back on track. The story is well thought out and what a last line! I cant wait for the next novel
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