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  • Roy Grace, Book 14
  • By: Peter James
  • Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
  • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (722 ratings)
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Dead if You Don't

By: Peter James
Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
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Summary

In his deadliest case yet, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces a complex kidnapping in Dead if You Don't, by award winning crime writer Peter James. Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.

Kipp Brown, successful businessman and compulsive gambler, is on his worst run of luck yet. Taking his teenage son, Mungo, to a football match should have given him a welcome respite – if only for a few hours. But it’s at the stadium where his nightmare begins.

Within minutes of arriving at the game, Mungo suddenly disappears and Kipp receives a terrifying message: someone has his child. And, to get him back alive, Kipp will have to pay.

Roy Grace is brought in to investigate what seems to be a straightforward case of kidnapping. But, very soon, Grace finds himself entering a dark, criminal underbelly of the city, where the rules are different and nothing is what it seems . . .

Although the Roy Grace novels can be listened to in any order, Dead if You Don't is the fourteenth title in the bestselling series. Discover more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Dead at First Sight and Find Them Dead.

Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.

©2018 Peter James (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio

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Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business (Karin Slaughter, author of After That Night and The Last Widow)

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Action Man Grace!

The Roy Grace series gets a stripped back approach in this latest episode. The back story has been parked and it's full steam ahead almost from the start. Those back stories for Grace or the other characters have largely been parked in favour of the action. As a result there's less of Grace the person and more adventure. Crucially there are less of the sugar-laden romantic scenes too.

As always there are dastardly villains with a particularly Bond-like aspect to this one. There are outlandish plots and Roy Grace is somehow the man on the spot who has choices between following procedure and doing what he sees as the right thing. Luckily for him he has the ever-watchful Cassian Pugh looking over his shoulder ready to summon him to his office at a moment's notice and irritate the hell out of him while trying to bring Roy down.

The narration by Daniel Weyman is of course absolutely top class and even though the story may follow a formula, it's a good formula making this a five star listen despite the need to suspend belief a little bit at times. The stripped back approach means that the whole thing bounces along at a thoroughly entertaining pace.

One point worth noting is that the book itself is actually only just over 11 hours long, the last hour of this production is given up to an hour of James's next book Absolute Proof which is due out in October. I don't mind these extras of course but I'd like to know when they are coming so that I don't plan to listen to say the last two hours of a book on a long drive only to be cut short. I think it would help if these were advertised.

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Thank goodness a return to previous high standard!

I've been disappointed by the recent DCI Grace books as they had ceased to be engaging detective novels as they were slowed down by stuff repeated from previous novels, had over elaborate descriptions of clothes and decor and worst of all lengthy diversions into sugary descriptions of his relationship with new wife, Cleo, that bordered on nauseating. So I’m pleased to report that with the present novel all this has changed and the author has returned to his earlier form and created a pacy story that kept me gripped throughout, though I would have liked Grace’s long-time close colleague, Glenn Branson, to have figured more and Grace’s boss, Cassian Pewe, to be less of an unbelievable caricature.

The narrator does an excellent job

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Another excellent story from Peter James

If you have loved the other Roy Grace stories, you will love this one. It has all the tension and drama we have come to appreciate, only his writing has matured as he has gone along. The writer has the skill of situating his story in a real place: all those who know the Sussex coast between Eastbourne and Worthing will connect strongly with the locations. There are even real people in it: having lived in Shoreham, I know one of them!

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Sorry not for me

What a shame I thought this would continue in the Roy grace tradition and about his son family and colleagues . Instead I listened to a story of money wasted on a police operation against euro terrorists . Not at all enjoyable . I kept waiting for it to get better but sadly a complete waste of time . This is the end of the Dead’ series for me , sadly .shame I had to give it 1 .

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Beautifully written tense plot

Although this is not as personal as the usual Roy Grace stories but it still contains all of the familiar characters. The plot is twisted convoluted and tense. The narration as always is excellent. This book could be read as a standalone story, however to enjoy things fully I recommend the whole Roy Grace series.

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Kept me awake til the small hours!

A really gripping storyline which kept me awake late into the night. I have read several of Peter James's books and thoroughly enjoyed them all. This is the first one I have bought as an audiobook and decided to listen to it in the evenings when I had gone to bed. Big mistake! I just kept going, just another chapter, then another... several very late nights for me this week. The characters are believable and the attention to detail really makes the difference. A great read which I would definitely recommend.

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Brilliant as Always!

I loved this like I did with all the earlier books in this series. Like the others, it is very well written, with richly drawn characters and an original plot.

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Not the best Peter james

I mostly listen to books in the car and normally when I get in the car I normally cannot wait to continue to listen to a book. This book (and the more recent Peter James books) does not give me that feel and I am writing this only half way through the book. Does it get any better?

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Very enjoyed

always enjoy this series Peter James has created a very believable character. look forward to the next

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Excellent read

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, although I got a little confused with the characters names, it was definitely worth persevering.

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