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Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is caught up in the murky world of human trafficking in Dead Tomorrow. By award-winning crime writer Peter James, read by Daniel Weyman (Silent Witness, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power).

'One of the best crime writers in the business' – Karin Slaughter, author of Pretty Girls

The body of a missing boy is dredged from the seabed off the Sussex coast, missing vital organs. Soon after, two more bodies are found . . .

A teenager in Brighton will die if she does not receive an urgent transplant. When the health system threatens to let her down her mother takes drastic action and goes to an online broker in black-market organs. The broker can provide what she wants, but it will come at a price.

As Roy Grace investigates the recovered bodies, he unearths a gang of child traffickers operating from Eastern Europe. Soon Grace and his team will find themselves in a race against time to save the life of a young street kid, while a desperate mother will stop at nothing to save her daughter’s life . . .

Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Dead Tomorrow is the fifth thrilling title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Dead Like You and Dead Man’s Grip.

 Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Crime

Critic reviews

James just gets better and better and deserves the success he has achieved with this first-class series
Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he’s one of the most believable
Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business (Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series)
Meticulous research gives his prose great authenticity . . . James manages to add enough surprises and drama that by the end you’re rooting for the police and really don’t know if they will finally get their men
All stars
Most relevant
I knew the central story from TV but it still held my attention and the book has so many more dimensions, which is why it’s so much longer than some others in the series:

Clever and gripping

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On the whole, I loved this book and couldn’t put it down. I found the technical details about how policing is done very engaging - it felt like a huge amount of prior knowledge and research preceded the writing of this book. I also loved the Des options of Shoreham and Brighton - James really comes into his own here. If I have a quibble, I found Caitlin’s narrative voice grated on me; as a mum and teacher, I’ve never heard any teenager speak the way Caitlin does and it her dialogue felt forced. The frequent references to the cut of a female’s character’s skirt/how attractive or otherwise she is also had me rolling my eyes and hitting fast forward. The frequent references to females as ‘bitches’ was also irritating, for the same reason Caitlin is, but these are minor quibbles. James is a fine storyteller, and I will be reading everything he’s written.

Addictive!

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I’m really enjoying the Grace series but this story drew me in more than the rest. The fragility of good people very much brought to the fore.

Drawn in

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Do not listen if you’re at all down or even slightly depressed. Nightmare subject, extremely stressful and a truly ghastly ending. I can’t cope with listening with any more in this series. I actually bought some of them, but this book has really upset me 😭😭

Horrendously awful 😱😱

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