Left You Dead: A Realistically Creepy Crime Thriller (Roy Grace Book 17)

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All the regular characters are there with all the backstories that had additional interest to the series. The characters within the case are great and provide plenty of secrets and lies to work through in trying to find out what happened. Grace and his wisecracking sidekick DI Glenn Branson are back centre stage and faced with a distinctly rum case where they’re convinced that a murder has been committed, but there’s no body to be found.

There are plenty of twists and turns which will keep you on your toes as the story moves on, and you may also find yourselves reaching for the tissues at times. This is a very good series and although each book can be read as a standalone there are plenty of back stories for the regular reader to add to the enjoyment. What made this book special and entertaining is not just the mystery, but the relationship dynamics between the characters. It was something that should take a lifetime to recover from and yet he was back at work the next day, making plans and decisions, albeit breaking down in tears now and again.Niall and Eden Paternoster start their Sunday the same way they always do – with a long drive, a visit to a country house and a quick stop at the local supermarket on the way home. Leaving the book open for the next instalment in Grace and his team’s stories, I honestly don’t know how I’m going to wait! Unusually for these books, I went through a range of emotions as the story focussed on these other stories and found myself moved to tears at times. In this one their story is an emotional and moving one which is handled extremely well and also makes you feel something. I'd guessed the outcome early on and found everthing drawn out with pointless conversations that left me feeling frustrated.

If it was just to drive home the point that his son was troubled, it was a very odd way of doing it. about how it’s hard to forget pain, but harder to remember happiness - because we don’t have scars for happiness”. Once I was past the names, I was on firmer ground with the 17th book in Peter James’ Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series.The characters related to the case are mostly pretty unpleasant people although it is hard to pick a “winner” here.

Battling with a personal tragedy and a repugnant boss, Roy Grace is stretched to his absolute limits. I like my detectives complicated and enjoy hearing some of their stories apart from the investigation. There are so many things happening for Roy Grace in this latest book, but I daren’t mention too much about them as I really wouldn’t want to spoil it for you!My only problem with this book is that there were often a lot of characters making appearances at various points, which was hard to keep track of, but I appreciate that they may have appeared in earlier instalments of this series - I would definitely love to read more from Peter James! Niall and Eden Paternoster start their Sunday the same way they always do - with along drive , a visit to a country house and a quick stop at the local supermarket on the way home. One of the storylines that seemed to be irrelevant might have been because it was a major point in a previous book? I'm all for organ donation, but as long as a person is alive, their dignity and rights are inalienable and they should never be downgraded to the status of a resource to be wheeled off and mined. This was a real hum-dinger of a mystery and it’s fair to say the storyline had me hooked, trying to work out what happened to Eden, from the moment she got out of the car!