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Dead Man's Footsteps
- Roy Grace, Book 4
- Narrated by: David Bauckham
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
The discovery of a woman's body and a link to the events of 9/11 takes Detective Superintendent Roy Grace around the world in Dead Man's Footsteps, by award winning crime author Peter James.
Amid the tragic mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne'er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline: to shed his debts, disappear and reinvent himself in another country.
Six years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman's body in a storm drain in Brighton leads Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton.
Although the Roy Grace novels can be listened to in any order, Dead Man's Footsteps is the fourth gripping title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Dead Tomorrow and Dead Like You.
Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-10-08
brilliant suspense and intrigue
I found this listen just superb and I love Roy Grace's character.This audiobook will keep you on the edge of your seat,in a great way and it twists and turns right to the end.
Peter James is a fantastic author and this book is fantastic and I enjoyed every minute.
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- chris
- 27-11-08
Excellent use of intervwoven plots
Four separate but ultimately related story lines unfold in a flurry of plot twists and turns to create a very satisfying result. I haven't enjoyed a book as much since the Prisoner of Birth and would recommend this to everyone who enjoyed that title.
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- Simon
- 23-02-16
Complex Maybe but Still Extremely Good
This felt relatively ambitious for this series. It's a more complex plot and it does involve significant amounts of stepping backwards in time as a number of related plot lines unfold together despite being years apart. You will need to keep alert when reading this one as characters have multiple identities in multiple timelines. It's not *that* complex though and to me the way the story unfolded worked very well.
This is a very worthy continuation of a very decent series and for those of us that have bought into it and its characters the last two words of the book are a serious jolt to the senses.
So, if you liked the previous ones, keep your wits about you and you'll like this one too. What's more you'll be wanting to order the next one . . .
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- Mrs PDJ
- 23-12-12
A Good Read....
My second encounter with DS Grace: good but not as gripping as the previous one.
This book needs to be read or listened to in substantial chunks; it's not for the odd 5 minutes of listening. Its structure is too demanding: I found it hard to keep track of who, when and where and couldn't remember what had occurred at my last listen.
Peter James' writing flows easily, is natural and very accessible, but he does tend to use cliches - which can make you wince at times. Nevertheless, he is very good at building suspense, using many twists and turns, and creating a reality of both character and location. His central female character in this book was not particularly sympathetic and I, personally, wish that James had found a slightly different ending making her less selfish and more concerned about the future of her mother. I was left worrying about the mother! Still, my emotional engagement with the characters to this extent demonstrates that James' writing draws the listener strongly into the story. Overall a good read and one which I would recommend.
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- WILDAGAYN
- 08-11-08
brilliant !
This is one of the best stories I have listened to with Audible. Well written, good characters and a nail biting plot. We listened during a series of long car journies. As we reached home after 500+ miles we sat in the car for a further 20 minutes , desperate to hear the end. Highly recommended ,another Peter James success.
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- JonR
- 23-10-09
Well I loved it!
Yes I cannot argue with the reviewer who complained at the use of bad language and I think it an excellent idea wee Audible to include some key alongside the book description in in the same way as films are described in TV Guides. But I totally disagree with the reviewer(s) who thought the book poorly narrated. Yes there are always things that one can pick up on in terms of whether something would have been possible or achievable, and that is called poetic licence. I do not think I have read a book that didn't have some incredible twist at some point; the idea is that novels are meant enjoyable and an escape from real life. By the way I loved the final twist/hook and cannot wait for the next book to be released as an unabridged version.
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- Ian
- 13-04-13
Classic Grace
A thoroughly enjoyable read which keeps you listening throughout and also keeps you guessing. Once again Peter James has created another cliff hanger with characters located all around the Globe in this mystifying stamp trading, espionage thriller. I am currently working my way through the DI Grace books and they just keep getting better and better.
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- Simon Evers
- 12-09-10
By no means the best
I enjoyed reading the first three Roy Grace books and thought I would try this one as an audio book for a change. What a disappointment.
It's a curious mishmash - whereas the previous books centred around Roy Grace (who is an interesting character in his own right) he was almost peripheral to the plot in this one. In addition, I agree with other reviewers that the constant switching of time from 2001 to 2007 was distracting and even irritating. Too many episodes (and characters) stretched the credibility to breaking point, too.
I hope later books in the series are better than this one.
I found the reader's delivery to be curiously flat, too.
However, I did finish it - so hence two stars.
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- Jenny Lancashire border
- 13-04-13
ten stars!
Wonderful read, this book kept me awake all night. I couldn't sleep wondering what was going to happen next. I enjoyed the first three books very much but this one is the best by far. Not sure I liked the sly introduction of a "Sandy" right at the end. If the marriage had been so happy why has she gone so far away?
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- ila
- 13-05-18
describing an attractive woman during 9/11.
the worst book I've ever read. the character is obsessed with his meeting during the 9/11 attack. I downloaded this book without checking what it was about on special offer. So when I heard the narrator's humorous voice, I thought it was some kind of flop comedy. After the character gets slapped with a bloody wet arm, the author still finds it appropriate to go into detail about the characters need to get to a meeting, and to describe an 'attractive brunette' running around on the streets along with every other terrified runner trying to escape the collapsing tower.
I mean, using 9/11 as a way to add to the characters messed up plans?!?! this is when i realised that it wasn't a comedy, it was a terribly written and terribly narrated book. Throughout the book every single woman is described as being an object of sex... with 'come to bed with me' eyes then 'no really, you have no choice but come to bed with me eyes' and 'ok come to bed with me but not really' eyes. I will never ever go near this author again. i hope Peter James wakes up out of his 30 year coma soon.
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