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Find Them Dead
- Roy Grace, Book 16
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace unearths a powerful criminal network in the sinister crime novel Find Them Dead, by award winning author Peter James.
Ending his secondment to London’s Met Police, Roy Grace gets a tip-off about a drugs mastermind operating out of Brighton. On his first day back in his old job, he is called to a seemingly senseless murder.
Gradually, Grace’s investigation draws him into the evil sphere of an utterly ruthless drug dealer on trial. A man prepared to order the death of anyone it takes to enable him to walk free from court.
Sitting in the jury is Meg Magellan, whose daughter's life is being threatened by a stranger who tells her that if she ever wants to see her alive again, it is very simple. At the end of the trial, all she has to do is make sure the jury says just two words . . . Not guilty.
Although the Roy Grace novels can be listened to in any order, Find Them Dead is the sixteenth title in the bestselling series. Discover more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Left You Dead.
Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.
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- Simon
- 12-07-20
Grace Co-stars In Courtroom Drama!
This is another great addition to the Roy Grace series but it stands mostly on the story alone as a fascinating courtroom drama with the added twist of some very devious jury shenanigans! It starts demonstrating just what an excellent writer James is with tension and a very different kind of plot centred on the County Lines drug trade and some of the characters in it. The lives of those at the centre of the trade and an unsuspecting juror whose life is turned into a nightmare by the events that unfold actually dominate the book.
So here's the one warning that I would give fans of the series even though I think this is a top-notch book with Daniel Weyman's usual fine narration taking us through. This is a little different in that while there is still a fair amount of Grace and his back story with Bruno does inch along at James's usual slow and methodical pace he does take much more of a back seat to the key people in the crime story itself. Also, long-time fans will notice a much more sanitised Norman Potting and sadly Glen Branson is still mostly on the subs bench just coming off it occasionally as an impact sub.
So, a great story, I always like a good courtroom drama, well read and well worth making time for but it is worth noting Grace's slightly less active role and the differences in the character balance. Of course, don't worry, Cassian Pugh lives down to his normal standards, but can Grace stand up to him?
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- patwebb
- 19-07-20
Disappointing
Having read or listened to the other fifteen Roy Grace books I was really looking forward to number sixteen in the series. However, Roy Grace or any detective work barely features in it. He's been pigeon holed into a few chapters just to enable Peter James to call it a Roy Grace novel. Believe me it's not. The story itself is ok. It features Meg Magellan who is called to jury service, threatened with harm coming to her daughter, unless she convinces the others in the jury to find the defendant not guilty. She fails to do this. Miraculously the perpetrators of the threat forgive her for this and the daughter is left unharmed. This is followed by a short chapter about Roy Grace's home life and thats it. Finished. To say I'm extremely disappointed is a slight understatement. In fact the book is fraudulent, it's claiming to be something it isn't.
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- K. S. Price
- 01-08-20
Disappointing. Not the usual gripping Roy Grace storyline
Roy Grace is not featured very much in this book. I kept thinking oh yes this is where he will come into the picture. But he rarely did. It was all about a court case and the jury.
Not enough mentioned as there should be (for me), about Roy, Glenn and Norman - the police team!! Even the end was a damp squib.
I usually give these books top marks but sadly not this time.
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- Tizzy
- 12-07-20
Less than expected
Roy Grace was more or less a background character in this episode which left me feeling a bit cheated.
I kept expecting Roy Grace to appear and investigate but was left very disappointed.
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- Miss S J Granston
- 29-07-20
Total Disappointment
After patiently waiting for this book
to be released I am sorely disappointed - its completely lack lustre with an extremely pathetic ending.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-07-20
Find Them Dead
Waited for this on pre order and was excited to listen- but was not very good at all, very disappointed for Peter James.
Hard going.
I feel it was a real waste of a credit
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- Stuart007
- 14-08-20
The first weak Grace novel
I’m not usually a harsh critic (I couldn’t write this well) but for me this wasn’t up to snuff. Not enough Grace, Branson or the team. Too much around the court hearing and then no real satisfactory ending despite the build up. Some uncharacteristically lame and pedestrian storytelling too. Why not shock us with the guinea pig in the fridge? Why build up the jury fix and have Meg vote with her conscience without consequences??? A few times I was waiting for a twist that just never came. Oh and please just get on with Bruno eating the baby or whatever he’s gone to do! May as well hold up a sign saying saying “Serial killer in waiting”.
Perhaps PJ is too busy with the TV series, plays other novels? This one was phoned in.
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- Marilyn
- 13-08-20
Disappointing
Having read all of Peter James' detective fiction, this has to be the worst.
I found the repetitive instructions from the judiciary and legal teams monotonous. Very little apart from the courtroom chapters seem to be happening.
Daniel Weyman's excellent narration was the only saving grace!
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- vonnie f.
- 15-07-20
Roy grace.. Not the best.
I guessed the "wrong un" from the start really, so was a bit disappointed to be proved right.. Well worth a read tho, family wasn't so prominent either which I missed.
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- clifford
- 29-09-20
dull courtroom drama. Grace hardly in it.
dull courtroom drama. formulaic, predictable and slow. lacks action. Grace rarely appears. worst one yet.
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