Does Grace find the bad guy(s) in the end? Is Michael still alive? What was the motive behind Michael’s “abduction?” You know I’m not going to reveal those types of details you have to read this delightfully twisted story for yourself to find out. All of the action in the story takes place over a span of five days, a fast-paced, suspense-filled five days. There are bad guys and even worse guys in this story and they provide the perfect foil for Grace and his abilities. James throws in a nice plot twist and you’re off in a completely new direction. Just when you think you know who is doing what and why, Mr. This seemingly simple case of a missing man becomes anything but simple as the story evolves. His interaction with friends and coworkers adds to his likeability quotient and adds to the reader’s understanding of Grace the man and Grace the police officer. Roy Grace is a quirky but likeable character and wholly believable as a police officer. Although Michael’s fiancée Ashley appears to be distraught over his disappearance, there’s something about her manner that has Roy wondering about her as well.ĭead Simple is part thriller, part suspense, part police procedural, and a great read. Roy doesn’t quite believe Michael’s best-friend and best man Mark Warren when he says he had no idea what his friends were up to on that night, he had only planned a pub crawl. Grace’s abilities as an outstanding police officer are admired by most and it is precisely due to this admiration that his friend and co-worker Glenn Branson that he is called in on Michael Harrison’s disappearance.
He refuses to have her legally declared dead because he still holds out hope that she’ll be found. Grace is thirty-nine years old and has been grieving the disappearance of his wife Sandy for nine years. He is relatively young to be a detective superintendent and was on a fast track until a defense attorney mocks him for his belief in the paranormal, specifically the use of psychics on his cases. Grace is not your average police officer. Dead Simple is the first in the Roy Grace series by Peter James.
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