You Are Dead (Detective Superintendent Roy Grace) - Hardcover

James, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250065712 ISBN 13: 9781250065711

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2015

Synopsis

In Peter James' You Are Dead, the last words Jamie Ball hears from his fiancée, Logan Somervile, are in a terrified mobile phone call from her. She has just driven into the underground car park beneath the apartment block where they live in Brighton, and seen a man acting strangely. Then she screams and the phone goes dead. The police are on the scene within minutes, but Logan has vanished, leaving behind her neatly parked car and cell phone.

That same afternoon, workmen digging up an old asphalt path in a park in another part of the city, unearth the remains of a young woman in her early twenties, who has probably been dead for 30 years.

At first, to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his Major Crime Team, these two events seem totally unconnected. But then another young woman in Brighton goes missing and another body from the past surfaces. At the same time a strange man visits an eminent London psychiatrist, claiming to have a piece of information on the missing woman, Logan, that turns out, at first, to be wrong-or so it seems. It is only later Roy Grace makes the chilling realization that this one thing is the key to both the past and the present-and now, beyond any doubt, he knows that Brighton has its first ever serial killer.

About this title

About the Author:

PETER JAMES is the #1 international bestselling author of the Roy Grace series, with more than 15 million copies sold all over the world. His novels have been translated into thirty-six languages; three have been filmed and three are currently in development. All of his novels reflect his deep interest in the world of the police, with whom he does in-depth research. He lives in England.

Review:

"Fanatically well-researched. . . . This is no guts-and-gore potboiler, but a meticulous study of police work." - New York Times Book Review

“May just be [Peter James'] best yet. . . . Truly masterful. . . . James is a master of background noises and images. . . . [which] lure the reader into the already compelling but often disturbing mesh of his narrative. . . . A book you really can't put down!” ―Huffington Post

“Carefully crafted, realistic characters make this entry a standout.” ―Publishers Weekly starred review

"A mighty good read. . . . James is a good storyteller, able to mix in proper amounts of mystery and suspense." -Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1250065712
• ISBN 13: 9781250065711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416