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螝维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蠂蠋渭伪
韦苇蟽蟽蔚蟻伪 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓维, 渭蔚胃蠀蟽渭苇谓伪 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪 蟿慰谓 魏慰委蟿伪尉伪谓 伪蟺蠈 蠄畏位维 渭慰蟻蠁维味慰谓蟿伪蟼. 螆谓伪 渭蟺慰蠀魏维位喂 慰蠀委蟽魏喂, 苇谓伪 蟺蔚蟻喂慰未喂魏蠈, 苇谓伪蟼 伪谓伪渭渭苇谓慰蟼 渭喂魏蟻蠈蟼 蠁伪魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟽蠉蟻渭伪蟿慰蟼 蔚委蠂伪谓 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿畏胃蔚委 未委蟺位伪 蟿慰蠀. 螆谓伪 维胃位喂慰 位伪蟽蟿喂蠂苇谓喂慰 蟽蠅位畏谓维魏喂 未喂慰蠂苇蟿蔚蠀蔚 慰尉蠀纬蠈谓慰. 韦慰 魏伪蟺维魏喂 苇魏位蔚喂蟽蔚 蟺维谓蠅 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟽蠁蟻伪纬委蟽蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟺蠈 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 渭蔚蟻喂苇蟼.
韦慰 渭蟺维蟿蟽蔚位慰蟻 蟺维蟻蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 螠维喂魏位 魏伪蟿苇位畏尉蔚 蟽蔚 蔚蠁喂维位蟿畏, 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟺伪纬喂未蔚蠀渭苇谓慰 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 蠁苇蟻蔚蟿蟻慰, 未蠉慰 渭苇蟿蟻伪 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 纬畏. 螚 魏伪魏蠈纬慰蠀蟽蟿畏 蠁维蟻蟽伪 胃伪 苇蟺伪喂蟻谓蔚 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭伪 蟿苇位慰蟼, 伪谓 慰喂 蟿苇蟽蟽蔚蟻喂蟼 蠁委位慰喂 未蔚谓 苇蠂伪谓伪谓 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟿慰 尾蟻维未蠀 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿慰魏喂谓畏蟿喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 未蠀蟽蟿蠉蠂畏渭伪.
螣 螠维喂魏位 魏伪位蔚委 伪蟺蔚纬谓蠅蟽渭苇谓伪 蟽蔚 尾慰萎胃蔚喂伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 伪蟽蠉蟻渭伪蟿慰, 伪位位维 渭维蟿伪喂伪. 螞委纬蔚蟼 渭苇蟻蔚蟼 渭蔚蟿维, 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 伪蠁伪喂蟻蔚委 蟿慰 蟽蠅位畏谓维魏喂, 蟽蟿蔚蟻蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蔚位蟺委未伪 蟽蠅蟿畏蟻委伪蟼.
螣喂 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠维喂魏位 未蔚谓 蟿蔚位蔚喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 蔚未蠋...
韦慰 渭蟺维蟿蟽蔚位慰蟻 蟺维蟻蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 螠维喂魏位 魏伪蟿苇位畏尉蔚 蟽蔚 蔚蠁喂维位蟿畏, 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟺伪纬喂未蔚蠀渭苇谓慰 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 蠁苇蟻蔚蟿蟻慰, 未蠉慰 渭苇蟿蟻伪 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 纬畏. 螚 魏伪魏蠈纬慰蠀蟽蟿畏 蠁维蟻蟽伪 胃伪 苇蟺伪喂蟻谓蔚 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭伪 蟿苇位慰蟼, 伪谓 慰喂 蟿苇蟽蟽蔚蟻喂蟼 蠁委位慰喂 未蔚谓 苇蠂伪谓伪谓 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟿慰 尾蟻维未蠀 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿慰魏喂谓畏蟿喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 未蠀蟽蟿蠉蠂畏渭伪.
螣 螠维喂魏位 魏伪位蔚委 伪蟺蔚纬谓蠅蟽渭苇谓伪 蟽蔚 尾慰萎胃蔚喂伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 伪蟽蠉蟻渭伪蟿慰, 伪位位维 渭维蟿伪喂伪. 螞委纬蔚蟼 渭苇蟻蔚蟼 渭蔚蟿维, 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 伪蠁伪喂蟻蔚委 蟿慰 蟽蠅位畏谓维魏喂, 蟽蟿蔚蟻蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蔚位蟺委未伪 蟽蠅蟿畏蟻委伪蟼.
螣喂 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠维喂魏位 未蔚谓 蟿蔚位蔚喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 蔚未蠋...
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First published December 14, 2005
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Peter James
280听books3,509听followersPeter James is a global bestselling author, best known for writing crime and thriller novels, and the creator of the much-loved Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. With a total of 16 Sunday Times No. 1s under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 20 million copies to date and has been translated into 37 languages.
Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career 鈥� which also included stints writing for TV and producing films. He has won over 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award, Crime Writers鈥� Association Diamond Dagger and a BAFTA nomination for The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons for which he was an Executive Producer. Many of Peter鈥檚 novels have been adapted for film, TV and stage.
Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career 鈥� which also included stints writing for TV and producing films. He has won over 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award, Crime Writers鈥� Association Diamond Dagger and a BAFTA nomination for The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons for which he was an Executive Producer. Many of Peter鈥檚 novels have been adapted for film, TV and stage.
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July 30, 2022
Roy Grace 01: A lesson in how to kick off a detective series by the talented and inspirational . Roy Grace, he of the disappeared wife, magic dabbling and of great morality, but not infallible, is racing (no pun intended) against the clock as his team seek to find a missing person, who has been buried alive! A truly suspenseful thriller, which was really hard to put down! 8 out of 12, a smashing debut for this series that pretty much guaranteed readers seeking out the next book in the series.
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May 10, 2013
Don't tell me that none of my 欧宝娱乐 friends has read this fabulous thriller/crime novel, start of wonderful series about Roy Grace???? Hurry up, must read!!!!!!!!!!!
July 30, 2018
芦螝维蟿蠅 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 蠂蠋渭伪禄
韦慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 Peter James 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 魏伪喂 未蠀蟽蟿蠀蠂蠋蟼 胃伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委慰.
螢蔚魏喂谓维蔚喂 渭蔚 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻畏 魏伪喂 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽伪 蟺位慰魏萎, 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁萎谓蔚喂 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 苇魏蟺位畏魏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟺蔚喂蟽渭苇谓慰 蟺蠅蟼 纬蠀蟻委味蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 伪蟺慰 苇谓伪 渭慰谓伪未喂魏维 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺慰 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏蠈-伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈 胃蟻委位蔚蟻.
螘谓蟿蠀蟺蠅蟽喂伪魏萎 畏 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏萎 喂未苇伪 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼.
螆谓伪蟼 谓蔚伪蟻蠈蟼 维谓未蟻伪蟼, 纬喂慰蟻蟿维味蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠁委位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蔚喂魏慰蟽喂蟿蔚蟿蟻维蠅蟻伪 蟺蟻喂谓 未蔚蟽渭蔚蠀蟿蔚委 渭蔚 蟿伪 未蔚蟽渭维 蟿慰蠀 纬维渭慰蠀.
螤蟻慰蟼 蟿喂渭萎谓 蟿畏蟼 蔚位蔚蠀胃蔚蟻委伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蠂维蟽蔚喂, 伪蠁萎谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 蟿蠅谓 蠁委位蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚 蟽魏慰蟺蠈 谓伪 蟿慰蠀 魏维谓慰蠀谓 渭喂伪 伪尉苇蠂伪蟽蟿畏 蠁维蟻蟽伪.
韦慰谓 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿慰蠉谓 渭蔚胃蠀蟽渭苇谓慰 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蠁苇蟻蔚蟿蟻慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 胃维尾慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 尾维胃慰蟼 2 渭. 螆蠂慰蠀谓 蠁蟻慰谓蟿委蟽蔚喂 谓伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿伪 伪蟺伪喂蟻伪委蟿畏蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 委蟽蠅蟼 蠂蟻蔚喂伪蟽蟿蔚委 蟿喂蟼 位委纬蔚蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰谓 伪蠁萎蟽慰蠀谓 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰.
螣喂 蠁委位慰喂 蟽魏慰蟿蠋谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟿蟻慰蠂伪委慰 未蠀蟽蟿蠉蠂畏渭伪 魏伪喂 慰 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰蟼 味蠅谓蟿伪谓蠈蟼 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓蔚喂 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蔚位蟺委未伪 未喂维蟽蠅蟽畏蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蠁苇蟻蔚蟿蟻慰 蟽魏蔚蟺伪蟽渭苇谓慰 渭蔚 蟺慰位蠉 蠂蠋渭伪, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蔚蟻畏渭喂魏萎, 未伪蟽蠋未畏 蟺蔚蟻喂慰蠂萎, 渭伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏.
螘尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏萎 喂未苇伪, 蟺慰位蠉蟺位慰魏慰喂 伪谓 魏伪喂 蠂维蟻蟿喂谓慰喂 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼, 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼 魏伪喂 蔚尉蔚位委尉蔚喂蟼 蟻伪纬未伪委蔚蟼.
螒蟺慰 蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 维蟺慰蠄畏 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 蟿畏谓 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀, 渭蔚 维谓蔚蟽畏. 螝伪位萎 纬蟻伪蠁萎. 螆谓蟿慰谓伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 胃蟻委位蔚蟻 魏伪喂 伪纬蠅谓委伪蟼. 螠蠀蟽蟿喂魏慰委 蟺伪委蠂蟿蔚蟼 纬蔚渭维蟿慰喂 蠄苇渭伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 未慰位慰蟺位慰魏委伪.
螒蟺慰 蔚魏蔚委 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿维 伪蟻蠂委味蔚喂 谓伪 蠁胃委谓蔚喂 魏维胃蔚 蟺蟻慰蟽苇纬纬喂蟽畏 蟽蔚 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蔚尉蔚位委尉蔚喂蟼.
螚 蟺位慰魏萎 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓慰蠉蟽喂伪, 维蟽蟿慰蠂畏 蟽蟿伪 蠈蟻喂伪 蟿慰蠀 纬蔚位慰委慰蠀. 螝伪蟿伪蟻蟻委蟺蟿蔚喂 蟺伪谓畏纬蠀蟻喂魏维 魏维胃蔚 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪 伪蟺慰未慰蠂萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 苇魏伪谓蔚 苇谓伪 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰 未慰位慰蠁慰谓委伪蟼 谓伪 纬慰畏蟿蔚蠉蟽蔚喂 渭蔚 未苇慰蟼 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏.
螝伪蟿伪蟻蠂维蟼 蟿慰 尾伪蟽喂魏蠈 胃蠉渭伪 苇蟿蟽喂 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蔚尉蔚位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 未蔚谓 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 蟽蔚 魏伪渭委伪 蟺蔚蟻委蟺蟿蠅蟽畏 谓伪 蔚蟺喂尾喂蠋蟽蔚喂 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂喂魏萎 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委伪.
螤伪蟻鈥櫸课晃� 伪蠀蟿维 慰喂 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蠂蔚喂蟻慰蟿蔚蟻蔚蠉慰蠀谓 蠈蟽慰 蔚魏蟿蠀位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蟺位慰魏萎 魏伪喂 慰喂 蟽蠀渭蟺蟿蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蔚蟺伪谓伪位萎蠄蔚喂蟼 纬委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 尾伪蟽喂魏维 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 伪位畏胃慰蠁维谓蔚喂伪蟼.
螤蟻慰蟼 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪谓伪渭苇谓蔚蟿伪喂 畏 魏慰蟻蠉蠁蠅蟽畏 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蟽蔚 蟽蠀谓未蠀伪蟽渭蠈 渭蔚 蟺伪蟻伪蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬委伪, 渭苇谓蟿喂慰蠀渭 魏伪喂 喂谓蟽蟿喂蟿慰蠉蟿伪 蠄蠀蠂喂魏蠋谓 蔚蟻蔚蠀谓蠋谓 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚喂蠋蟽慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 维渭慰喂蟻慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟺慰蠀 伪谓伪渭苇谓蔚喂 谓伪 位蠀胃蔚委 蟿慰 伪纬蠅谓喂蠋未蔚蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 未蔚喂蟽喂未伪喂渭慰谓委蔚蟼, 蟺蟻慰魏伪蟿伪位萎蠄蔚喂蟼 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏慰蠉 蟿蠉蟺慰蠀, 蠀蟺谓蠅蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼, 伪谓蔚尉萎纬畏蟿伪 蔚谓蔚蟻纬蔚喂伪魏维 蟺蔚未委伪 魏伪喂 尉蔚渭伪蟿喂维蟽渭伪蟿伪.
螆谓伪 胃蟻委位蔚蟻 魏位喂蟽苇 蟺慰蠀 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 未蔚委蠂谓蔚喂 谓伪 渭畏谓 苇尾蟻喂蟽魏蔚 维位位畏 位蠉蟽畏 位慰纬喂魏维 蟿蔚魏渭畏蟻喂蠅渭苇谓畏 魏伪喂 蟺苇蟻伪蟽蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 魏维胃伪蟻蟽畏 渭蔚 渭喂伪 谓蔚蠀蟻蠅蟿喂魏萎 伪谓伪蟽蠁维位蔚喂伪 魏慰渭蟺慰纬喂伪谓谓喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
韦慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 Peter James 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 魏伪喂 未蠀蟽蟿蠀蠂蠋蟼 胃伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委慰.
螢蔚魏喂谓维蔚喂 渭蔚 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻畏 魏伪喂 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽伪 蟺位慰魏萎, 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁萎谓蔚喂 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 苇魏蟺位畏魏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟺蔚喂蟽渭苇谓慰 蟺蠅蟼 纬蠀蟻委味蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 伪蟺慰 苇谓伪 渭慰谓伪未喂魏维 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺慰 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏蠈-伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈 胃蟻委位蔚蟻.
螘谓蟿蠀蟺蠅蟽喂伪魏萎 畏 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏萎 喂未苇伪 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼.
螆谓伪蟼 谓蔚伪蟻蠈蟼 维谓未蟻伪蟼, 纬喂慰蟻蟿维味蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠁委位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蔚喂魏慰蟽喂蟿蔚蟿蟻维蠅蟻伪 蟺蟻喂谓 未蔚蟽渭蔚蠀蟿蔚委 渭蔚 蟿伪 未蔚蟽渭维 蟿慰蠀 纬维渭慰蠀.
螤蟻慰蟼 蟿喂渭萎谓 蟿畏蟼 蔚位蔚蠀胃蔚蟻委伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蠂维蟽蔚喂, 伪蠁萎谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 蟿蠅谓 蠁委位蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚 蟽魏慰蟺蠈 谓伪 蟿慰蠀 魏维谓慰蠀谓 渭喂伪 伪尉苇蠂伪蟽蟿畏 蠁维蟻蟽伪.
韦慰谓 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿慰蠉谓 渭蔚胃蠀蟽渭苇谓慰 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蠁苇蟻蔚蟿蟻慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 胃维尾慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 尾维胃慰蟼 2 渭. 螆蠂慰蠀谓 蠁蟻慰谓蟿委蟽蔚喂 谓伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿伪 伪蟺伪喂蟻伪委蟿畏蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 委蟽蠅蟼 蠂蟻蔚喂伪蟽蟿蔚委 蟿喂蟼 位委纬蔚蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰谓 伪蠁萎蟽慰蠀谓 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰.
螣喂 蠁委位慰喂 蟽魏慰蟿蠋谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟿蟻慰蠂伪委慰 未蠀蟽蟿蠉蠂畏渭伪 魏伪喂 慰 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰蟼 味蠅谓蟿伪谓蠈蟼 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓蔚喂 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蔚位蟺委未伪 未喂维蟽蠅蟽畏蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蠁苇蟻蔚蟿蟻慰 蟽魏蔚蟺伪蟽渭苇谓慰 渭蔚 蟺慰位蠉 蠂蠋渭伪, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蔚蟻畏渭喂魏萎, 未伪蟽蠋未畏 蟺蔚蟻喂慰蠂萎, 渭伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏.
螘尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏萎 喂未苇伪, 蟺慰位蠉蟺位慰魏慰喂 伪谓 魏伪喂 蠂维蟻蟿喂谓慰喂 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼, 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼 魏伪喂 蔚尉蔚位委尉蔚喂蟼 蟻伪纬未伪委蔚蟼.
螒蟺慰 蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 维蟺慰蠄畏 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 蟿畏谓 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀, 渭蔚 维谓蔚蟽畏. 螝伪位萎 纬蟻伪蠁萎. 螆谓蟿慰谓伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 胃蟻委位蔚蟻 魏伪喂 伪纬蠅谓委伪蟼. 螠蠀蟽蟿喂魏慰委 蟺伪委蠂蟿蔚蟼 纬蔚渭维蟿慰喂 蠄苇渭伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 未慰位慰蟺位慰魏委伪.
螒蟺慰 蔚魏蔚委 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿维 伪蟻蠂委味蔚喂 谓伪 蠁胃委谓蔚喂 魏维胃蔚 蟺蟻慰蟽苇纬纬喂蟽畏 蟽蔚 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蔚尉蔚位委尉蔚喂蟼.
螚 蟺位慰魏萎 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓慰蠉蟽喂伪, 维蟽蟿慰蠂畏 蟽蟿伪 蠈蟻喂伪 蟿慰蠀 纬蔚位慰委慰蠀. 螝伪蟿伪蟻蟻委蟺蟿蔚喂 蟺伪谓畏纬蠀蟻喂魏维 魏维胃蔚 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪 伪蟺慰未慰蠂萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 苇魏伪谓蔚 苇谓伪 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰 未慰位慰蠁慰谓委伪蟼 谓伪 纬慰畏蟿蔚蠉蟽蔚喂 渭蔚 未苇慰蟼 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏.
螝伪蟿伪蟻蠂维蟼 蟿慰 尾伪蟽喂魏蠈 胃蠉渭伪 苇蟿蟽喂 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蔚尉蔚位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 未蔚谓 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 蟽蔚 魏伪渭委伪 蟺蔚蟻委蟺蟿蠅蟽畏 谓伪 蔚蟺喂尾喂蠋蟽蔚喂 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂喂魏萎 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委伪.
螤伪蟻鈥櫸课晃� 伪蠀蟿维 慰喂 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蠂蔚喂蟻慰蟿蔚蟻蔚蠉慰蠀谓 蠈蟽慰 蔚魏蟿蠀位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蟺位慰魏萎 魏伪喂 慰喂 蟽蠀渭蟺蟿蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蔚蟺伪谓伪位萎蠄蔚喂蟼 纬委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 尾伪蟽喂魏维 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 伪位畏胃慰蠁维谓蔚喂伪蟼.
螤蟻慰蟼 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪谓伪渭苇谓蔚蟿伪喂 畏 魏慰蟻蠉蠁蠅蟽畏 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蟽蔚 蟽蠀谓未蠀伪蟽渭蠈 渭蔚 蟺伪蟻伪蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬委伪, 渭苇谓蟿喂慰蠀渭 魏伪喂 喂谓蟽蟿喂蟿慰蠉蟿伪 蠄蠀蠂喂魏蠋谓 蔚蟻蔚蠀谓蠋谓 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚喂蠋蟽慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 维渭慰喂蟻慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟺慰蠀 伪谓伪渭苇谓蔚喂 谓伪 位蠀胃蔚委 蟿慰 伪纬蠅谓喂蠋未蔚蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 未蔚喂蟽喂未伪喂渭慰谓委蔚蟼, 蟺蟻慰魏伪蟿伪位萎蠄蔚喂蟼 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏慰蠉 蟿蠉蟺慰蠀, 蠀蟺谓蠅蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼, 伪谓蔚尉萎纬畏蟿伪 蔚谓蔚蟻纬蔚喂伪魏维 蟺蔚未委伪 魏伪喂 尉蔚渭伪蟿喂维蟽渭伪蟿伪.
螆谓伪 胃蟻委位蔚蟻 魏位喂蟽苇 蟺慰蠀 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 未蔚委蠂谓蔚喂 谓伪 渭畏谓 苇尾蟻喂蟽魏蔚 维位位畏 位蠉蟽畏 位慰纬喂魏维 蟿蔚魏渭畏蟻喂蠅渭苇谓畏 魏伪喂 蟺苇蟻伪蟽蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 魏维胃伪蟻蟽畏 渭蔚 渭喂伪 谓蔚蠀蟻蠅蟿喂魏萎 伪谓伪蟽蠁维位蔚喂伪 魏慰渭蟺慰纬喂伪谓谓喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
August 29, 2013
The first case for Detective Superintendent Roy Grace was a relatively unique thriller in the way it was presented. The basic storyline is thus: groom goes on stag night, groom buried in coffin as stag night joke, stags killed in car accident, hunt for missing groom.
From the outset, we are told that his best man knows where he is but is keeping silent, effectively allowing him to die. The book follows the story through the victim, the would-be murderer and the detective. It鈥檚 not a whodunnit, or even a howdunnit, more of a what-are-they-going-to-do-now-since-they鈥檝e-dunnit.
Let鈥檚 start with the victim. Michael Harrison may or may not survive his coffin ordeal, and unlike many whodunnits that start with a body, we suffer with the victim through what could be his final days. The scenes are well written and very claustrophobic, and the reader feels Michael鈥檚 panic, hope and disappointments.
The villains of the piece are a little underdeveloped. Although some thought has gone into each character, they鈥檙e quite one-dimensional and could have been more rounded.
And Detective Superintendent Grace, the star of the show and of this new series? A down-to-earth and likeable character who has a dry sense of humour and strong sense of conviction. He鈥檚 achieved moderate success but has his frustrations. The disappearance of his wife ten years ago looks set to be a theme which will continue through the series, and one particularly pertinent to this case, even if dealt with a little inconsistently. He keeps her toothbrush and dressing gown in situ in case she returns, but also goes on two dates in the course of the book. Is this the realisation of his own inner conflict, or just poor writing?
As a standalone book, Grace would have been forgettable. But for a long-running series, his character could be slow-burner we鈥檙e going to keep learning more about, and it鈥檚 a journey I鈥檓 happy to take with him.
Set in Brighton, there are a number of welcome reminders that it鈥檚 a UK series with lots of cultural references. As police procedurals go, James has done his homework and provides detailed, interesting background to the inner workings of Brighton鈥檚 police force. Having said that, it seems American in tone and I wasn鈥檛 surprised to learn subsequently that James has written screenplays in the US.
I was also slightly annoyed by silly mistakes 鈥� quotation marks opening again in the middle of speech, at one point not closing, elsewhere missing out an apostrophe. Basic errors and editor should have spotted. Elsewhere, swearing was used too gratuitously and the sex scenes were perhaps more graphic than necessary.
The plot moves quickly and the chapters are short, giving great readability. Some of the twists are far fetched, and Grace appears thick as a brick. Although the reader has the benefit of knowing what鈥檚 going on, Grace bumbles along wondering, 鈥淚 have 1 and 1, I wonder what they equal?鈥�
Very obvious conclusions are not made where they should have been. Easy leads aren鈥檛 picked up on. And instead of proper police work or following up on these leads, the man seems lead by hunches. And then鈥�
Spoiler warning
Normally, I keep my review strictly spoiler free, but on this occasion I feel compelled to make an exception. Forgetting all else, the case starts and ends as a missing person investigation. The thrust, the purpose, is to find the missing person.
A reasonably written book with a great ending would have been a respectable 4 out of 5. An ending in keeping with the writing, a healthy 3. But I can鈥檛 go any higher than 2 on the basis of what unfolded.
Harrison is found (though I鈥檓 not saying whether alive or dead) in the final couple of pages. How? Grace chucks a psychic in the car, the psychic says 鈥淗e鈥檚 here鈥� and hey presto!
I accept police forces may use mediums at times, and it was reportedly used in the search for Madeline McCann. But readers of detective books want to see their stars solve mysteries by detection, not by some bloke humming over cufflinks. It robs us of an ending, it鈥檚 a complete cop out and breaks the unwritten rules of the genre. Any detective story could end that way. (鈥淥oo, aaaahhh, uuummmm. The spirits tell me the butler did it, Poirot.鈥�) It鈥檚 lazy, so lazy, and cheapens the whole affair.
For that reason, I cannot recommend Dead Simple, because if the author didn鈥檛 care enough about the book to even devise and ending 鈥� why should we care either?
From the outset, we are told that his best man knows where he is but is keeping silent, effectively allowing him to die. The book follows the story through the victim, the would-be murderer and the detective. It鈥檚 not a whodunnit, or even a howdunnit, more of a what-are-they-going-to-do-now-since-they鈥檝e-dunnit.
Let鈥檚 start with the victim. Michael Harrison may or may not survive his coffin ordeal, and unlike many whodunnits that start with a body, we suffer with the victim through what could be his final days. The scenes are well written and very claustrophobic, and the reader feels Michael鈥檚 panic, hope and disappointments.
The villains of the piece are a little underdeveloped. Although some thought has gone into each character, they鈥檙e quite one-dimensional and could have been more rounded.
And Detective Superintendent Grace, the star of the show and of this new series? A down-to-earth and likeable character who has a dry sense of humour and strong sense of conviction. He鈥檚 achieved moderate success but has his frustrations. The disappearance of his wife ten years ago looks set to be a theme which will continue through the series, and one particularly pertinent to this case, even if dealt with a little inconsistently. He keeps her toothbrush and dressing gown in situ in case she returns, but also goes on two dates in the course of the book. Is this the realisation of his own inner conflict, or just poor writing?
As a standalone book, Grace would have been forgettable. But for a long-running series, his character could be slow-burner we鈥檙e going to keep learning more about, and it鈥檚 a journey I鈥檓 happy to take with him.
Set in Brighton, there are a number of welcome reminders that it鈥檚 a UK series with lots of cultural references. As police procedurals go, James has done his homework and provides detailed, interesting background to the inner workings of Brighton鈥檚 police force. Having said that, it seems American in tone and I wasn鈥檛 surprised to learn subsequently that James has written screenplays in the US.
I was also slightly annoyed by silly mistakes 鈥� quotation marks opening again in the middle of speech, at one point not closing, elsewhere missing out an apostrophe. Basic errors and editor should have spotted. Elsewhere, swearing was used too gratuitously and the sex scenes were perhaps more graphic than necessary.
The plot moves quickly and the chapters are short, giving great readability. Some of the twists are far fetched, and Grace appears thick as a brick. Although the reader has the benefit of knowing what鈥檚 going on, Grace bumbles along wondering, 鈥淚 have 1 and 1, I wonder what they equal?鈥�
Very obvious conclusions are not made where they should have been. Easy leads aren鈥檛 picked up on. And instead of proper police work or following up on these leads, the man seems lead by hunches. And then鈥�
Spoiler warning
Normally, I keep my review strictly spoiler free, but on this occasion I feel compelled to make an exception. Forgetting all else, the case starts and ends as a missing person investigation. The thrust, the purpose, is to find the missing person.
A reasonably written book with a great ending would have been a respectable 4 out of 5. An ending in keeping with the writing, a healthy 3. But I can鈥檛 go any higher than 2 on the basis of what unfolded.
Harrison is found (though I鈥檓 not saying whether alive or dead) in the final couple of pages. How? Grace chucks a psychic in the car, the psychic says 鈥淗e鈥檚 here鈥� and hey presto!
I accept police forces may use mediums at times, and it was reportedly used in the search for Madeline McCann. But readers of detective books want to see their stars solve mysteries by detection, not by some bloke humming over cufflinks. It robs us of an ending, it鈥檚 a complete cop out and breaks the unwritten rules of the genre. Any detective story could end that way. (鈥淥oo, aaaahhh, uuummmm. The spirits tell me the butler did it, Poirot.鈥�) It鈥檚 lazy, so lazy, and cheapens the whole affair.
For that reason, I cannot recommend Dead Simple, because if the author didn鈥檛 care enough about the book to even devise and ending 鈥� why should we care either?
December 7, 2018
Looks like I am committing myself to yet another good series! I enjoyed spending time with Detective Superintendant Grace and will be happy to find out more about him. I liked spending time in Brighton and Hove too which is where my grandparents used to live and where I visited often as a child.
Some of the book was gruesome and the chapters about being buried alive were the stuff of nightmares! However there was lots of realistic and interesting police work and some great characters who I assume the author will expand upon as the series progresses. This book starts out nice and steadily, gathers momentum in the middle and then races to a conclusion.
Very enjoyable and I am glad I have #2 on my shelf ready:)
Some of the book was gruesome and the chapters about being buried alive were the stuff of nightmares! However there was lots of realistic and interesting police work and some great characters who I assume the author will expand upon as the series progresses. This book starts out nice and steadily, gathers momentum in the middle and then races to a conclusion.
Very enjoyable and I am glad I have #2 on my shelf ready:)
September 26, 2015
Whew! That was a twisty, nail biter! This book kept me guessing and on edge the entire time. I will be on the lookout for the next in the series. The only reason I even knew about or read this book was because I happened across a review by a random person on 欧宝娱乐 who said "For heavens sake, read it" that intrigued me, so I did and really enjoyed it! Love finding books I never would have heard about!
March 26, 2017
This 450 page book could have been told in about 150 pages. I've read a lot of books and this has to be the wordiest book I have ever, ever read. I skipped so many pages and I know I didn't miss a thing. Not sure why I finished but I was curious what would happen to the guy trapped in a coffin. Huge let down, and the damn ending? It could have used a few more pages. Can you believe that?! It ended almost mid fucking paragraph. Huge waste of $1.20. Jesus Christ.
November 19, 2015
Wow! What a roller coaster ride! Once this story got up that first hill of the coaster it never really let up. A good thriller with an engaging detective and also a very good police procedural. There were twists and turns throughout. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.
July 28, 2015
I have recently discovered Peter James books. I find them fast paced and full of suspense and I read this book in one sitting.
I will certainly be reading more of his novels.
I will certainly be reading more of his novels.
August 5, 2018
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 谓伪 蟺蠅 纬喂伪 蟿慰 芦螝维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蠂蠋渭伪禄 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位蠈 尾喂尾位委慰. 螖喂伪尾维味蔚蟿伪喂 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿伪, 维谓蔚蟿伪, 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪位萎 纬蟻伪蠁萎 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 锟斤拷谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽伪 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏. 螝伪喂 蟺蠋蟼 谓伪 渭畏谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈蟿伪谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蟺蟻蠋蟿蔚蟼 伪魏蠈渭伪 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 伪蟺慰魏蟿维 渭蔚纬维位慰 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 尉伪蠁谓喂魏萎 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺萎 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿蠋谓.
螖蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿慰 page turner 伪位位维 蟽蔚 蟺蟻慰(蟽)魏伪位蔚委 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 未蔚喂蟼 蟿喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 蠁蟿维蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼.
螕蔚谓喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位蠈 伪位位维 苇蠂蔚喂 2-3 胃蔚渭伪蟿维魏喂伪 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 伪蟺伪蟽蠂蠈位畏蟽伪谓.
1) 螛伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 渭畏谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 芦蠁位蠉伪蟻慰禄. 危蔚 蟺慰位位维 蟽畏渭蔚委伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 萎 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 魏维谓慰蠀谓 位委纬慰 魏慰蠀蟻伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈.
2) 韦慰 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉. 螒蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎 伪魏蠈渭伪 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蠈蟿喂 慰 Roy 伪蟽蠂慰位蔚委蟿伪喂 渭蔚 渭苇谓蟿喂慰蠀渭 魏蟿位.
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螛伪 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂委蟽蠅 蟿蠋蟻伪 渭蔚 蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿畏蟼 蟽蔚喂蟻维蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 未蠅 蟺蠅蟼 胃伪 蔚尉蔚位喂蠂胃慰蠉谓 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪. 螌蟺慰喂慰蟼 胃苇位蔚喂 苇谓伪 魏伪位蠈 魏伪喂 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈, 伪蟼 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭萎蟽蔚喂!
螖蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿慰 page turner 伪位位维 蟽蔚 蟺蟻慰(蟽)魏伪位蔚委 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 未蔚喂蟼 蟿喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 蠁蟿维蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼.
螕蔚谓喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位蠈 伪位位维 苇蠂蔚喂 2-3 胃蔚渭伪蟿维魏喂伪 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 伪蟺伪蟽蠂蠈位畏蟽伪谓.
1) 螛伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 渭畏谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 芦蠁位蠉伪蟻慰禄. 危蔚 蟺慰位位维 蟽畏渭蔚委伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 萎 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 魏维谓慰蠀谓 位委纬慰 魏慰蠀蟻伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈.
2) 韦慰 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉. 螒蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎 伪魏蠈渭伪 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蠈蟿喂 慰 Roy 伪蟽蠂慰位蔚委蟿伪喂 渭蔚 渭苇谓蟿喂慰蠀渭 魏蟿位.
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螛伪 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂委蟽蠅 蟿蠋蟻伪 渭蔚 蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿畏蟼 蟽蔚喂蟻维蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 未蠅 蟺蠅蟼 胃伪 蔚尉蔚位喂蠂胃慰蠉谓 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪. 螌蟺慰喂慰蟼 胃苇位蔚喂 苇谓伪 魏伪位蠈 魏伪喂 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈, 伪蟼 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭萎蟽蔚喂!
July 18, 2021
肖械械褉懈褔械褋泻邪褟 械斜邪薪懈薪邪!
袧械 屑芯谐褍 芯褌泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褋械斜械 胁 褍写芯胁芯谢褜褋褌胁懈懈 锌械褉械褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褋褞卸械褌.
袛褉褍蟹褜褟 袦邪泄泻谢邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 蟹邪 褋胁芯褞 薪械写芯谢谐褍褞 卸懈蟹薪褜 褍褋锌械谢 胁褋械褏 懈蟹褉褟写薪芯 写芯泻芯薪邪褌褜 褋胁芯懈屑懈 锌褉械写褋胁邪写械斜薪褘屑懈 褉芯蟹褘谐褉褘褕邪屑懈, 锌械褉械写 械谐芯 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪薪芯泄 褋胁邪写褜斜芯泄 褉械褕懈谢懈 芯褌褘谐褉邪褌褜褋褟 锌芯 锌芯谢薪芯泄: 胁褘泻芯锌邪谢懈 械屑褍 屑芯谐懈谢褍 懈, 锌褜褟薪芯谐芯, 蟹邪褋褍薪褍谢懈 胁 谐褉芯斜, 芯褋褌邪胁懈谢懈 械屑褍 褌褉褍斜芯褔泻褍, 褔褌芯斜褘 写褘褕邪褌褜, 褎芯薪邪褉懈泻, 褉邪褑懈褞, 斜褍褌褘谢泻褍 胁懈褋泻懈 懈 锌芯褉薪芯卸褍褉薪邪谢, 邪 褋邪屑懈 芯褌锌褉邪胁懈谢懈褋褜 写邪谢褜褕械 锌芯 锌邪斜邪屑. 袩谢邪薪懈褉褍褟 胁械褉薪褍褌褜褋褟 蟹邪 薪械蟹邪写邪褔谢懈胁褘屑 卸械薪懈褏芯屑 胁 褌械褔械薪懈械 锌邪褉褘 褔邪褋芯胁 (懈 薪邪泄褌懈 褌芯谐芯 芯斜泻邪泻邪胁褕懈屑褋褟, 薪芯 谐芯褌芯胁褘屑 泻 褋胁邪写褜斜械), 褉械斜褟褌邪 薪械 褍褔谢懈, 褔褌芯 芯薪懈 褋邪屑懈 锌芯锌邪写褍褌 胁 邪胁邪褉懈褞 懈 胁褋械 褔械褌胁械褉芯 锌芯谐懈斜薪褍褌 锌芯褔褌懈 薪邪 屑械褋褌械.
袪邪褑懈褞 锌芯写斜懈褉邪械褌 褔褍胁邪泻 锌芯 懈屑械薪懈 袛械泄胁懈, 褎邪薪邪褌 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈褏 泻褉懈屑懈薪邪谢褜薪褘褏 写褉邪屑, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 薪械 芯褔械薪褜 薪邪褋褌褉芯械薪 褋锌邪褋邪褌褜 谐芯谢芯褋 懈蟹 锌芯写蟹械屑械谢褜褟: 芦锌邪锌邪 褉褍谐邪械褌褋褟, 泻芯谐写邪 褟 锌芯写斜懈褉邪褞 褔褌芯-褌芯 薪邪 屑械褋褌械 邪胁邪褉懈泄禄.
袦邪泄泻谢邪 懈褖械褌 薪械胁械褋褌邪, 锌邪褉褌薪械褉 锌芯 斜懈蟹薪械褋褍, 锌芯谢懈褑懈褟. 小胁邪写褜斜褍 褉械褕懈褌械谢褜薪邪褟 薪械胁械褋褌邪 (薪械褋屑芯褌褉褟 薪邪 褋屑械褉褌褜 褔械褌褘褉械褏 斜谢懈卸邪泄褕懈褏 写褉褍蟹械泄 卸械薪懈褏邪 懈 芯褌褋褍褌褋褌胁懈械 械谐芯 褋邪屑芯谐芯!) 薪械 芯褌屑械薪褟械褌. 袣邪卸写邪褟 胁褌芯褉邪褟 谐谢邪胁邪 锌械褉械屑械卸邪械褌褋褟 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟屑懈 袦邪泄泻谢邪: 芯写薪芯屑褍 胁 谢械褋褍 械屑褍, 泻邪泻 屑褘 写芯谐邪写褘胁邪械屑褋褟, 薪械 芯褔械薪褜 胁械褋械谢芯, 褌械屑 斜芯谢械械 胁 蟹邪褋褘锌邪薪薪芯泄 屑芯谐懈谢械 胁 锌芯写褌械泻邪褞褖械屑 谐褉芯斜褍. 小谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢褜 胁屑械褋褌芯 袦邪泄泻谢邪 薪邪褏芯写懈褌 褍 褌芯谐芯 褋褔械褌邪 薪邪 袣邪泄屑邪薪芯胁褘褏 芯褋褌褉芯胁邪褏, 邪 薪械胁械褋褌邪 褋谢懈褕泻芯屑 褍卸 褏芯褉芯褕芯 胁褘谐谢褟写懈褌 写谢褟 褍斜懈褌芯泄 谐芯褉械屑 胁谢褞斜谢械薪薪芯泄.
袛邪谢褜褕械 薪邪褔懈薪邪械褌褋褟 褉械褕懈褌械谢褜薪邪褟 斜械谢懈斜械褉写邪, 褋泻邪卸褍 褌芯谢褜泻芯, 褔褌芯 胁 褎懈薪邪谢械, 泻芯谐写邪 胁褋械 锌褉懈褔邪褋褌薪褘械 褍卸械 薪械 屑芯谐褍褌 锌芯屑芯褔褜 锌芯谢懈褑懈懈 薪邪泄褌懈 蟹邪卸懈胁芯 锌芯谐褉械斜械薪薪芯谐芯 褋褌褉邪写邪谢褜褑邪, 褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢褜 蟹胁芯薪懈褌 褝泻褋褌褉邪褋械薪褋褍, 褌芯褌 写胁械 屑懈薪褍褌褘 泻芯谢写褍械褌 薪邪写 泻邪褉褌芯泄 懈 胁褍邪谢褟 鈥� 写胁邪 泻懈谢芯屑械褌褉邪 锌褉褟屑芯, 锌芯胁械褉薪懈褌械 薪邪谢械胁芯, 胁褘 锌褉懈械褏邪谢懈!
Un-fucking-believable.
(袪械泄褌懈薪谐 4.1!)
袧械 屑芯谐褍 芯褌泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褋械斜械 胁 褍写芯胁芯谢褜褋褌胁懈懈 锌械褉械褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褋褞卸械褌.
袛褉褍蟹褜褟 袦邪泄泻谢邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 蟹邪 褋胁芯褞 薪械写芯谢谐褍褞 卸懈蟹薪褜 褍褋锌械谢 胁褋械褏 懈蟹褉褟写薪芯 写芯泻芯薪邪褌褜 褋胁芯懈屑懈 锌褉械写褋胁邪写械斜薪褘屑懈 褉芯蟹褘谐褉褘褕邪屑懈, 锌械褉械写 械谐芯 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪薪芯泄 褋胁邪写褜斜芯泄 褉械褕懈谢懈 芯褌褘谐褉邪褌褜褋褟 锌芯 锌芯谢薪芯泄: 胁褘泻芯锌邪谢懈 械屑褍 屑芯谐懈谢褍 懈, 锌褜褟薪芯谐芯, 蟹邪褋褍薪褍谢懈 胁 谐褉芯斜, 芯褋褌邪胁懈谢懈 械屑褍 褌褉褍斜芯褔泻褍, 褔褌芯斜褘 写褘褕邪褌褜, 褎芯薪邪褉懈泻, 褉邪褑懈褞, 斜褍褌褘谢泻褍 胁懈褋泻懈 懈 锌芯褉薪芯卸褍褉薪邪谢, 邪 褋邪屑懈 芯褌锌褉邪胁懈谢懈褋褜 写邪谢褜褕械 锌芯 锌邪斜邪屑. 袩谢邪薪懈褉褍褟 胁械褉薪褍褌褜褋褟 蟹邪 薪械蟹邪写邪褔谢懈胁褘屑 卸械薪懈褏芯屑 胁 褌械褔械薪懈械 锌邪褉褘 褔邪褋芯胁 (懈 薪邪泄褌懈 褌芯谐芯 芯斜泻邪泻邪胁褕懈屑褋褟, 薪芯 谐芯褌芯胁褘屑 泻 褋胁邪写褜斜械), 褉械斜褟褌邪 薪械 褍褔谢懈, 褔褌芯 芯薪懈 褋邪屑懈 锌芯锌邪写褍褌 胁 邪胁邪褉懈褞 懈 胁褋械 褔械褌胁械褉芯 锌芯谐懈斜薪褍褌 锌芯褔褌懈 薪邪 屑械褋褌械.
袪邪褑懈褞 锌芯写斜懈褉邪械褌 褔褍胁邪泻 锌芯 懈屑械薪懈 袛械泄胁懈, 褎邪薪邪褌 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈褏 泻褉懈屑懈薪邪谢褜薪褘褏 写褉邪屑, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 薪械 芯褔械薪褜 薪邪褋褌褉芯械薪 褋锌邪褋邪褌褜 谐芯谢芯褋 懈蟹 锌芯写蟹械屑械谢褜褟: 芦锌邪锌邪 褉褍谐邪械褌褋褟, 泻芯谐写邪 褟 锌芯写斜懈褉邪褞 褔褌芯-褌芯 薪邪 屑械褋褌械 邪胁邪褉懈泄禄.
袦邪泄泻谢邪 懈褖械褌 薪械胁械褋褌邪, 锌邪褉褌薪械褉 锌芯 斜懈蟹薪械褋褍, 锌芯谢懈褑懈褟. 小胁邪写褜斜褍 褉械褕懈褌械谢褜薪邪褟 薪械胁械褋褌邪 (薪械褋屑芯褌褉褟 薪邪 褋屑械褉褌褜 褔械褌褘褉械褏 斜谢懈卸邪泄褕懈褏 写褉褍蟹械泄 卸械薪懈褏邪 懈 芯褌褋褍褌褋褌胁懈械 械谐芯 褋邪屑芯谐芯!) 薪械 芯褌屑械薪褟械褌. 袣邪卸写邪褟 胁褌芯褉邪褟 谐谢邪胁邪 锌械褉械屑械卸邪械褌褋褟 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟屑懈 袦邪泄泻谢邪: 芯写薪芯屑褍 胁 谢械褋褍 械屑褍, 泻邪泻 屑褘 写芯谐邪写褘胁邪械屑褋褟, 薪械 芯褔械薪褜 胁械褋械谢芯, 褌械屑 斜芯谢械械 胁 蟹邪褋褘锌邪薪薪芯泄 屑芯谐懈谢械 胁 锌芯写褌械泻邪褞褖械屑 谐褉芯斜褍. 小谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢褜 胁屑械褋褌芯 袦邪泄泻谢邪 薪邪褏芯写懈褌 褍 褌芯谐芯 褋褔械褌邪 薪邪 袣邪泄屑邪薪芯胁褘褏 芯褋褌褉芯胁邪褏, 邪 薪械胁械褋褌邪 褋谢懈褕泻芯屑 褍卸 褏芯褉芯褕芯 胁褘谐谢褟写懈褌 写谢褟 褍斜懈褌芯泄 谐芯褉械屑 胁谢褞斜谢械薪薪芯泄.
袛邪谢褜褕械 薪邪褔懈薪邪械褌褋褟 褉械褕懈褌械谢褜薪邪褟 斜械谢懈斜械褉写邪, 褋泻邪卸褍 褌芯谢褜泻芯, 褔褌芯 胁 褎懈薪邪谢械, 泻芯谐写邪 胁褋械 锌褉懈褔邪褋褌薪褘械 褍卸械 薪械 屑芯谐褍褌 锌芯屑芯褔褜 锌芯谢懈褑懈懈 薪邪泄褌懈 蟹邪卸懈胁芯 锌芯谐褉械斜械薪薪芯谐芯 褋褌褉邪写邪谢褜褑邪, 褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢褜 蟹胁芯薪懈褌 褝泻褋褌褉邪褋械薪褋褍, 褌芯褌 写胁械 屑懈薪褍褌褘 泻芯谢写褍械褌 薪邪写 泻邪褉褌芯泄 懈 胁褍邪谢褟 鈥� 写胁邪 泻懈谢芯屑械褌褉邪 锌褉褟屑芯, 锌芯胁械褉薪懈褌械 薪邪谢械胁芯, 胁褘 锌褉懈械褏邪谢懈!
Un-fucking-believable.
(袪械泄褌懈薪谐 4.1!)
June 17, 2017
Definitely a gruesome premise: buried alive, a man waits for his "friends" to come back and release him....but they are all killed in a car accident.....and no one comes back.
The chapters told from inside the coffin are claustrophobic and terrifying.
This book seems written to be a movie. Lots of descriptions of the rooms, scenes, clothing, actions. At first, one pays attention....the scene could hold a clue. But, no, it's just description, so one starts to skim the descriptions.
I found the rest to be rather cheesy. The conversations, the situations, the chauvinism.....it was all old time and clich茅d.
The chapters told from inside the coffin are claustrophobic and terrifying.
This book seems written to be a movie. Lots of descriptions of the rooms, scenes, clothing, actions. At first, one pays attention....the scene could hold a clue. But, no, it's just description, so one starts to skim the descriptions.
I found the rest to be rather cheesy. The conversations, the situations, the chauvinism.....it was all old time and clich茅d.
October 2, 2024
孝胁褗褉写械 芯褋褌邪褉褟谢邪 懈 褏邪芯褌懈褔薪邪 蟹邪 屑芯褟 胁泻褍褋 泻褉懈屑懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟.
袨褌 褋褉械写邪褌邪 褟 写芯褔械褌芯褏 薪邪锌褉邪胁芯 锌芯 写懈邪谐芯薪邪谢薪邪褌邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪, 蟹邪 写邪 胁懈写褟 泻褉邪褟 褲, 泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈泻邪泻 薪械 屑械 胁锌械褔邪褌谢懈. 馃榾
袨褌 褋褉械写邪褌邪 褟 写芯褔械褌芯褏 薪邪锌褉邪胁芯 锌芯 写懈邪谐芯薪邪谢薪邪褌邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪, 蟹邪 写邪 胁懈写褟 泻褉邪褟 褲, 泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈泻邪泻 薪械 屑械 胁锌械褔邪褌谢懈. 馃榾
April 1, 2019
This review reveals the juvenile and insulting ending to this lump of a book. don't read it if you dont want to know the ending. Do yourself one better and don't read the book either.
I will admit that I read this whole thing and finished it in a few days. It is readable and a bit of page turner just to see what happens and the twists. Having said that, the main character is a terrible misogynist . On top of that he is a police detective who believes in psychics and uses them to solve crimes. Have I turned you off this mess yet?
This book is full of unrealistic and ridiculous scenarios. The bachelor prank? ya sure, 4 guys are actually going to put the groom in a casket with a breathing tube and actually bury him for 2 hours? Maybe I could see putting him in a coffin and closing the lid for 5 minutes, and pretending to leave? Maybe. These guys would be charged with attempted murder , and the victim would be scarred for life. Think about it. The 4 best friends of the groom die a few days before the wedding, and everyone actually goes to the ceremony anyway expecting the missing groom to show? With suits and wedding dress etc.? Forget about the groom being missing, the wedding would be called off immediately after a tragedy like 4 ushers being killed. The single 40 yo cop takes an 8 year old girl out every few months for a full day to get ice cream and do stuff? She's not related to him, just a friend. Ya, that doesn't happen....He's not related to her, and her parents have no issues with that? Thats just creepy.
The ending.....I;m still mad that publishers and editors let this PoS be published. If the last paragraph said "Then he woke up. it was all a dream" and it suddenly ended, that would have been more honest. At least that is something that could have happened. But no., the end is " I picked up a psychic and he took me to where the guy was held, and I rescued him" That's it. A PSYCHIC is how the author decided a cop will solve this crime!!!!!!! AFTER I read this book, I looked at the jacket and saw that James includes his interest in the paranormal in all his books. IN POLICE PROCEDURALS. I'm done with this series. Is every book going to end the same/......The last page : "Then the psychic showed up and solved the crime" What a bunch of BS. This is an insult to detective books, english authors, literate readers, and people who actually have common sense. the number of 4 & 5 star reviews has made it clear that fortune tellers, psychics, and other common scammers and grifters will always be able to make a living.
I will admit that I read this whole thing and finished it in a few days. It is readable and a bit of page turner just to see what happens and the twists. Having said that, the main character is a terrible misogynist . On top of that he is a police detective who believes in psychics and uses them to solve crimes. Have I turned you off this mess yet?
This book is full of unrealistic and ridiculous scenarios. The bachelor prank? ya sure, 4 guys are actually going to put the groom in a casket with a breathing tube and actually bury him for 2 hours? Maybe I could see putting him in a coffin and closing the lid for 5 minutes, and pretending to leave? Maybe. These guys would be charged with attempted murder , and the victim would be scarred for life. Think about it. The 4 best friends of the groom die a few days before the wedding, and everyone actually goes to the ceremony anyway expecting the missing groom to show? With suits and wedding dress etc.? Forget about the groom being missing, the wedding would be called off immediately after a tragedy like 4 ushers being killed. The single 40 yo cop takes an 8 year old girl out every few months for a full day to get ice cream and do stuff? She's not related to him, just a friend. Ya, that doesn't happen....He's not related to her, and her parents have no issues with that? Thats just creepy.
The ending.....I;m still mad that publishers and editors let this PoS be published. If the last paragraph said "Then he woke up. it was all a dream" and it suddenly ended, that would have been more honest. At least that is something that could have happened. But no., the end is " I picked up a psychic and he took me to where the guy was held, and I rescued him" That's it. A PSYCHIC is how the author decided a cop will solve this crime!!!!!!! AFTER I read this book, I looked at the jacket and saw that James includes his interest in the paranormal in all his books. IN POLICE PROCEDURALS. I'm done with this series. Is every book going to end the same/......The last page : "Then the psychic showed up and solved the crime" What a bunch of BS. This is an insult to detective books, english authors, literate readers, and people who actually have common sense. the number of 4 & 5 star reviews has made it clear that fortune tellers, psychics, and other common scammers and grifters will always be able to make a living.
October 27, 2012
The beginning of this book is the creepiest I have ever run across. Anxious to play a prank on their soon-to-be-married friend Michael Harrison, known for his pranks, four of his friends get him drunk and passed out, then bury him in a coffin with only a tube for air, a porn magazine and a walkie-talkie. Then they drive off and are T-boned by a concrete truck. All are killed. The tow truck driver's retarded son (or should I say mentally challenged), finds the walkie-talkie in the grass where it had been thrown by the accident, talks to Michael, but then drops it and thinks he has broken the unit. Now he's afraid to tell anyone about what he found. Michael's realization that he is buried and that no one is answering his increasing frantic calls on the walkie-talkie will give you nightmares, or at least it would, if you're susceptible to that sort of thing. Forget supernatural/horror crap, realism is far more frightening.
Superintendent Roy Grace is charged with finding the missing man who disappeared just three days before he was to be married. Michael's friend and business partner we soon learn has it in for Michael and Ashley's Michael's intended is startled to learn that the business had considerable funds in a Cayman Islands account. Or is she? (Spoiler police, please note:These really aren't spoilers as we learn the details from several points of view early in the book.) The scenes of Michael growing increasingly frantic in his coffin are really frightening. Some interesting twists kept things moving along nicely.
Superintendent Roy Grace is charged with finding the missing man who disappeared just three days before he was to be married. Michael's friend and business partner we soon learn has it in for Michael and Ashley's Michael's intended is startled to learn that the business had considerable funds in a Cayman Islands account. Or is she? (Spoiler police, please note:These really aren't spoilers as we learn the details from several points of view early in the book.) The scenes of Michael growing increasingly frantic in his coffin are really frightening. Some interesting twists kept things moving along nicely.
June 6, 2017
螒蟻蠂喂魏维 胃伪 萎胃蔚位伪 谓伪 蟺蠅 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蔚蟺伪谓蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 蟺蟻喂谓 伪蟺蠈 位委纬慰 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂蟻蠈, 蔚谓蠋 魏伪喂 畏 蟿喂渭萎 蟿慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 蠂伪渭畏位萎: 蟽蟿伪 9,90 螘蠀蟻蠋.
危蟿伪 胃蔚蟿喂魏维, 蟿蠋蟻伪, 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀. 螠喂位维渭蔚 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 蔚蠉魏慰位伪. 螒谓 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 蔚委蠂伪 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 蠂蟻蠈谓慰 蟽蟿畏 未喂维胃蔚蟽畏 渭慰蠀, 蠈蟺慰蟿蔚 蟿慰 苇蟺喂伪谓伪 未喂维尾伪味伪 伪蟻魏蔚蟿苇蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼, 蔚谓蠋 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蝿蝿维谓慰喂纬渭伪蝿蝿, 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 渭苇蟻伪 蟺萎纬伪 魏伪蟿蔚蠀胃蔚委伪谓 蟽蟿畏谓 蟽蔚位委未伪 150. 螆蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位萎 蟻慰萎, 位慰喂蟺蠈谓, 胃苇位蔚喂蟼 谓伪 渭维胃蔚喂蟼 蟿喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺伪蟻伪魏维蟿蠅, 蟿喂 蟻蠈位慰 蟺伪委味蔚喂 慰 魏伪胃苇谓伪蟼 蟽蟿畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 伪蟻魏蔚蟿维 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽伪. 螆蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位位维 渭喂魏蟻维 魏蔚蠁维位伪喂伪, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 尾慰畏胃维蔚喂 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼.
螖蠉慰 蟽畏渭蔚委伪, 蠈渭蠅蟼, 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 , 蠂维位伪蟽伪谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蠈位畏 蟿畏谓 魏伪位萎 蔚喂魏蠈谓伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂伪 蟽蠂畏渭伪蟿委蟽蔚喂. 螤蟻蠋蟿慰 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 畏 蠈位畏 苇魏尾伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏蟼 蟺蟻慰苇魏蠀蠄蔚 伪蟺蠈 未蠉慰 蟿蠀蠂伪委伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维 (蟿慰蠀 委未喂慰蠀 蔚委未慰蠀蟼 渭维位喂蟽蟿伪),渭委伪 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 魏伪喂 渭委伪 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼. 螣蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 未蔚谓 渭蔚 蠂维位伪蟽蔚 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀. 危蔚 蟺慰位位维 尾喂尾位委伪 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蟿蠀蠂伪委伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维. 螒位位维 蠈蟿伪谓 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 蔚蟺伪谓维位畏蠄畏 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀渭尾维谓蟿慰蟼 蠂伪位维蟽蟿畏魏伪 蟺慰位蠉. 韦慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟺蔚委蟻伪尉蔚 萎蟿伪谓 畏 蠂蟻萎蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉. 螆纬喂谓蔚 蠂蟻萎蟽畏 蟽蔚 未蠉慰 蟽畏渭蔚委伪. 螝喂 蔚未蠋 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 未蔚谓 渭蔚 蟺蔚委蟻伪尉蔚 , 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈, 伪位位维 蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蠂维位伪蟽蔚 蠈位畏 蟿畏谓 慰蠀蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀.
螠苇蠂蟻喂 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺萎纬伪喂谓蔚 纬喂伪 尾伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪 4 渭蔚 5 , 伪位位维 蟿伪 伪谓蠅蟿苇蟻蠅 未蠉慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰, 蠂维位伪蟽伪谓 蟿畏谓 蠈位畏 魏伪位萎 蔚喂魏蠈谓伪 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂伪 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蔚魏蔚委谓畏 蟿畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎.
危蟿伪 胃蔚蟿喂魏维, 蟿蠋蟻伪, 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀. 螠喂位维渭蔚 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 蔚蠉魏慰位伪. 螒谓 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 蔚委蠂伪 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 蠂蟻蠈谓慰 蟽蟿畏 未喂维胃蔚蟽畏 渭慰蠀, 蠈蟺慰蟿蔚 蟿慰 苇蟺喂伪谓伪 未喂维尾伪味伪 伪蟻魏蔚蟿苇蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼, 蔚谓蠋 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蝿蝿维谓慰喂纬渭伪蝿蝿, 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 渭苇蟻伪 蟺萎纬伪 魏伪蟿蔚蠀胃蔚委伪谓 蟽蟿畏谓 蟽蔚位委未伪 150. 螆蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位萎 蟻慰萎, 位慰喂蟺蠈谓, 胃苇位蔚喂蟼 谓伪 渭维胃蔚喂蟼 蟿喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺伪蟻伪魏维蟿蠅, 蟿喂 蟻蠈位慰 蟺伪委味蔚喂 慰 魏伪胃苇谓伪蟼 蟽蟿畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 伪蟻魏蔚蟿维 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽伪. 螆蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位位维 渭喂魏蟻维 魏蔚蠁维位伪喂伪, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 尾慰畏胃维蔚喂 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼.
螖蠉慰 蟽畏渭蔚委伪, 蠈渭蠅蟼, 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 , 蠂维位伪蟽伪谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蠈位畏 蟿畏谓 魏伪位萎 蔚喂魏蠈谓伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂伪 蟽蠂畏渭伪蟿委蟽蔚喂. 螤蟻蠋蟿慰 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 畏 蠈位畏 苇魏尾伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏蟼 蟺蟻慰苇魏蠀蠄蔚 伪蟺蠈 未蠉慰 蟿蠀蠂伪委伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维 (蟿慰蠀 委未喂慰蠀 蔚委未慰蠀蟼 渭维位喂蟽蟿伪),渭委伪 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 魏伪喂 渭委伪 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼. 螣蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 未蔚谓 渭蔚 蠂维位伪蟽蔚 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀. 危蔚 蟺慰位位维 尾喂尾位委伪 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蟿蠀蠂伪委伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维. 螒位位维 蠈蟿伪谓 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 蔚蟺伪谓维位畏蠄畏 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀渭尾维谓蟿慰蟼 蠂伪位维蟽蟿畏魏伪 蟺慰位蠉. 韦慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟺蔚委蟻伪尉蔚 萎蟿伪谓 畏 蠂蟻萎蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉. 螆纬喂谓蔚 蠂蟻萎蟽畏 蟽蔚 未蠉慰 蟽畏渭蔚委伪. 螝喂 蔚未蠋 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 未蔚谓 渭蔚 蟺蔚委蟻伪尉蔚 , 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈, 伪位位维 蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蠂维位伪蟽蔚 蠈位畏 蟿畏谓 慰蠀蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀.
螠苇蠂蟻喂 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺萎纬伪喂谓蔚 纬喂伪 尾伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪 4 渭蔚 5 , 伪位位维 蟿伪 伪谓蠅蟿苇蟻蠅 未蠉慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰, 蠂维位伪蟽伪谓 蟿畏谓 蠈位畏 魏伪位萎 蔚喂魏蠈谓伪 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂伪 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蔚魏蔚委谓畏 蟿畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎.
October 20, 2024
Loved this book. It鈥檚 the first in a very long series about a dectective based in Brighton, solving crime. This was exciting and kept me wanting to read it to find out how it finished. Twisty at times which I love. I will certainly be reading more from this series.
September 22, 2022
Dead Simple (Roy Grace #1) by Peter James
Synopsis /
It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank. A few hours later four of his best friends are dead and Michael Harrison has disappeared. With only three days to the wedding, Detective Superintendent Grace - a man haunted by the shadow of his own missing wife - is contacted by Michael's beautiful, distraught fianc茅e, Ashley Harper. Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know Michael Harrison's whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot to gain - more than anyone realizes. For one man's disaster is another man's fortune ... Dead simple.
My Thoughts /
When the suspense never quits in a tightly controlled mystery filled with stunning plot twists and mind-boggling turns. Just when you think you have the mystery figured out and know who the villain is 鈥� everything changes! I was hooked from the first couple of pages.
In just a few days, Michael Harrison is due to marry the love of his life, Ashley Harper.
The story opens with a stag night which does not go to plan. It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank, however, a few hours later, Michael Harrison has disappeared and, four of his friends are dead. A missing groom, a car crash, four dead bodies, and a frantic bride to be 鈥� these are the realities which face Detective Superintendent Roy Grace in Dead Simple.
I was thinking I should put in a trigger warning for claustrophobia, as the stag night prank involves burying the groom in a coffin! Honestly, my anxiety was high reading these passages 鈥� the writing was so vividly descriptive. When Michael Harrison鈥檚 stag night buddies are all killed in a van crash, he is effectively trapped buried in a coffin with only one person left in the world knowing where he is; and that person has most to gain by him staying lost. Therein lies the first of many twists; of which there are several. And yet somehow, they are nearly all credible within the confines of this book.
A little bit about Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. Grace has a photographic memory and is very sharp. He鈥檚, just, the right side of forty. The son of a policeman, Grace can鈥檛 remember a time when he didn鈥檛 want to follow in his father鈥檚 footsteps. Now, to all intents and purposes a widower (his wife has been missing for nine years), Roy leads a solitary, workaholic life. His only joys are running along the Brighton and Hove Seafront and driving his Alfa Romeo 147 car. Now for the quirky. Roy also has an interest in the supernatural and collects books on the occult. Stationed at CID headquarters, Sussex House, Hollingbury, Brighton, he works on cold cases and has been known to seek the services of those possessing clairvoyant abilities to help solve them. Although, this aspect doesn鈥檛 play a huge role in the plot.
Quite apart from the main thread of the mystery of this plot, sub-threads in this book regarding Grace and his personal life will certainly (hopefully), flow on and draw the reader along to the next story in the Roy Grace detective series. At some stage the mystery of his own wife鈥檚 disappearance will, I鈥檓 hoping, be revealed.
There have been mixed reviews for Dead Simple. One reviewer wrote It鈥檚 not a bad book, but neither is it a particularly good book. The review goes on to say some of the writing was very good and some added nothing to the plot and was boring. I respect that. However, my body鈥檚 nervous system was on a state of high alert throughout most of this book, I wouldn鈥檛 have been able to tell.
If there is one thing Brits do extremely well, it鈥檚 police procedurals. Colin Dexter鈥檚 Inspector Morse; Caroline Graham鈥檚 Chief Inspector Barnaby, and the crime drama series adapted from that book series, Midsomer Murders; and, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle鈥檚 series featuring the peerless Sherlock Homes.
But even Chief Inspector Morse had his faults. Morse was probably the most physically inactive fictional detective since Hercule Poirot. He disdained the rough stuff; house-to-house inquiries were invariably punctuated by visits to the pub; and he had no time for anything so vulgar as a high-speed car chase. In all this 鈥� as in his tastes for real ale, crossword puzzles, the classics and classical music 鈥� Morse was relentlessly old-fashioned. He was also high-principled. But he was saved from priggishness by his bluff honesty, and by his occasional crises of self-confidence 鈥� he always got his man in the end, but not without first enduring some exquisite mental tortures.
Roy Grace may not be the most animated cop, nor is he the most damaged, but he鈥檚 one of the most believable. With that in mind, I can easily forgive what may seem to be small passages of writing that may (or may not) appear to add nothing to the plot. I am looking forward to reading book 2, Looking Good Dead which I purchased immediately upon finishing.
Synopsis /
It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank. A few hours later four of his best friends are dead and Michael Harrison has disappeared. With only three days to the wedding, Detective Superintendent Grace - a man haunted by the shadow of his own missing wife - is contacted by Michael's beautiful, distraught fianc茅e, Ashley Harper. Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know Michael Harrison's whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot to gain - more than anyone realizes. For one man's disaster is another man's fortune ... Dead simple.
My Thoughts /
When the suspense never quits in a tightly controlled mystery filled with stunning plot twists and mind-boggling turns. Just when you think you have the mystery figured out and know who the villain is 鈥� everything changes! I was hooked from the first couple of pages.
In just a few days, Michael Harrison is due to marry the love of his life, Ashley Harper.
The story opens with a stag night which does not go to plan. It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank, however, a few hours later, Michael Harrison has disappeared and, four of his friends are dead. A missing groom, a car crash, four dead bodies, and a frantic bride to be 鈥� these are the realities which face Detective Superintendent Roy Grace in Dead Simple.
I was thinking I should put in a trigger warning for claustrophobia, as the stag night prank involves burying the groom in a coffin! Honestly, my anxiety was high reading these passages 鈥� the writing was so vividly descriptive. When Michael Harrison鈥檚 stag night buddies are all killed in a van crash, he is effectively trapped buried in a coffin with only one person left in the world knowing where he is; and that person has most to gain by him staying lost. Therein lies the first of many twists; of which there are several. And yet somehow, they are nearly all credible within the confines of this book.
A little bit about Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. Grace has a photographic memory and is very sharp. He鈥檚, just, the right side of forty. The son of a policeman, Grace can鈥檛 remember a time when he didn鈥檛 want to follow in his father鈥檚 footsteps. Now, to all intents and purposes a widower (his wife has been missing for nine years), Roy leads a solitary, workaholic life. His only joys are running along the Brighton and Hove Seafront and driving his Alfa Romeo 147 car. Now for the quirky. Roy also has an interest in the supernatural and collects books on the occult. Stationed at CID headquarters, Sussex House, Hollingbury, Brighton, he works on cold cases and has been known to seek the services of those possessing clairvoyant abilities to help solve them. Although, this aspect doesn鈥檛 play a huge role in the plot.
Quite apart from the main thread of the mystery of this plot, sub-threads in this book regarding Grace and his personal life will certainly (hopefully), flow on and draw the reader along to the next story in the Roy Grace detective series. At some stage the mystery of his own wife鈥檚 disappearance will, I鈥檓 hoping, be revealed.
There have been mixed reviews for Dead Simple. One reviewer wrote It鈥檚 not a bad book, but neither is it a particularly good book. The review goes on to say some of the writing was very good and some added nothing to the plot and was boring. I respect that. However, my body鈥檚 nervous system was on a state of high alert throughout most of this book, I wouldn鈥檛 have been able to tell.
If there is one thing Brits do extremely well, it鈥檚 police procedurals. Colin Dexter鈥檚 Inspector Morse; Caroline Graham鈥檚 Chief Inspector Barnaby, and the crime drama series adapted from that book series, Midsomer Murders; and, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle鈥檚 series featuring the peerless Sherlock Homes.
But even Chief Inspector Morse had his faults. Morse was probably the most physically inactive fictional detective since Hercule Poirot. He disdained the rough stuff; house-to-house inquiries were invariably punctuated by visits to the pub; and he had no time for anything so vulgar as a high-speed car chase. In all this 鈥� as in his tastes for real ale, crossword puzzles, the classics and classical music 鈥� Morse was relentlessly old-fashioned. He was also high-principled. But he was saved from priggishness by his bluff honesty, and by his occasional crises of self-confidence 鈥� he always got his man in the end, but not without first enduring some exquisite mental tortures.
Roy Grace may not be the most animated cop, nor is he the most damaged, but he鈥檚 one of the most believable. With that in mind, I can easily forgive what may seem to be small passages of writing that may (or may not) appear to add nothing to the plot. I am looking forward to reading book 2, Looking Good Dead which I purchased immediately upon finishing.
July 3, 2020
韦蟻委伪 伪蟽蟿蔚蟻维魏喂伪 渭蔚 蔚蟺喂蔚委魏蔚喂伪.. 螝伪位维 蟿慰 蟺萎纬伪喂谓蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎 伪位位维 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰蟻蔚委伪 苇纬喂谓蔚 蠁位蠉伪蟻慰..螠蔚 蠂维位伪蟽蔚 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇尾伪位蔚 渭苇蟽伪 渭苇谓蟿喂慰蠀渭 魏伪喂 蠂伪蟻蟿慰蟻喂蠂蟿蔚蟼(蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蠈位慰喂 慰喂 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏慰委 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓 蟿苇蟿慰喂蔚蟼 渭蔚胃蠈未慰蠀蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蔚尉喂蠂谓委伪蟽畏 蔚纬魏位萎渭伪蟿慰蟼 馃槢)..螝伪喂 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 魏伪魏蠈.螒蠀蟿伪!
March 12, 2017
4.5 Stars
This was a great thriller / murder mystery. The description was extremely realistic and the coffin scenes terrified me. It felt like I was stuck in that coffin too!
I also liked the multiple POV's especially having the killers it gave such a different take to the whole crime genre.
I can't wait to get my hands on the next one!
This was a great thriller / murder mystery. The description was extremely realistic and the coffin scenes terrified me. It felt like I was stuck in that coffin too!
I also liked the multiple POV's especially having the killers it gave such a different take to the whole crime genre.
I can't wait to get my hands on the next one!
August 19, 2007
DEAD SIMPLE (Police Procedural-UK-Cont) 鈥� VG
James, Peter 鈥� 1st of series
Macmillan, 2005 鈥� UK Hardcover
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace鈥檚 wife disappeared several years ago without a trace. Now Grace is asked by Ashley Harper to find her fianc茅e, missing three days before their wedding. Michael Harrison is a practical joker. But his friends have turned the table, taken him out, got him drunk and buried him in a coffin with an air tube. But the joke goes bad when the friends are killed in an auto accident after leaving Michael buried.
*** This is a book one should start with plenty of time to finish it in one sitting. Gripping is the word which comes to mind. James鈥� background as a screenwriter and producer are evident in his ability to create strong characters and relationships, his ear for dialogue, and the pacing of the story. James鈥� previous books look to be more in the horror or psychological suspense category, where this is a solid police procedural. My one slight criticism is the authors years in Los Angeles show as I kept having to remind myself the book is set in England; the style is more American than British. But the good news is this is the first in a series. The second book, 鈥淟ooking Good Dead,鈥� is due out soon and is on my 鈥渕ust buy鈥� list.
James, Peter 鈥� 1st of series
Macmillan, 2005 鈥� UK Hardcover
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace鈥檚 wife disappeared several years ago without a trace. Now Grace is asked by Ashley Harper to find her fianc茅e, missing three days before their wedding. Michael Harrison is a practical joker. But his friends have turned the table, taken him out, got him drunk and buried him in a coffin with an air tube. But the joke goes bad when the friends are killed in an auto accident after leaving Michael buried.
*** This is a book one should start with plenty of time to finish it in one sitting. Gripping is the word which comes to mind. James鈥� background as a screenwriter and producer are evident in his ability to create strong characters and relationships, his ear for dialogue, and the pacing of the story. James鈥� previous books look to be more in the horror or psychological suspense category, where this is a solid police procedural. My one slight criticism is the authors years in Los Angeles show as I kept having to remind myself the book is set in England; the style is more American than British. But the good news is this is the first in a series. The second book, 鈥淟ooking Good Dead,鈥� is due out soon and is on my 鈥渕ust buy鈥� list.
June 28, 2015
Another great read from Peter James.
I was intrigued by the idea of putting someone into a coffin as a bucks night stunt - the thought of being that person terrified me - and then I found out that Peter James had actually done it for research into his book. Brave man!
While out celebrating with a group of friends a few nights before his wedding, Michael suddenly and unexpectedly finds himself enclosed in a coffin equipped only with a flashlight, a dirty magazine, a walkie-talkie, and a tiny breathing tube. It's all in good fun 鈥� payback for the grief his mates suffered due to his own penchant for tomfoolery 鈥� that is until the four are killed in a drunk driving accident just moments after leaving Michael completely alone and buried alive.
But one of his mates never made it to the bucks party, and Detective Superintendent Grace thinks both he and the dead man's fiancee know more than they are letting on.
I really enjoyed re-reading this book, and will continue on with the remainder of the series.
I was intrigued by the idea of putting someone into a coffin as a bucks night stunt - the thought of being that person terrified me - and then I found out that Peter James had actually done it for research into his book. Brave man!
While out celebrating with a group of friends a few nights before his wedding, Michael suddenly and unexpectedly finds himself enclosed in a coffin equipped only with a flashlight, a dirty magazine, a walkie-talkie, and a tiny breathing tube. It's all in good fun 鈥� payback for the grief his mates suffered due to his own penchant for tomfoolery 鈥� that is until the four are killed in a drunk driving accident just moments after leaving Michael completely alone and buried alive.
But one of his mates never made it to the bucks party, and Detective Superintendent Grace thinks both he and the dead man's fiancee know more than they are letting on.
I really enjoyed re-reading this book, and will continue on with the remainder of the series.
May 10, 2018
螘谓蠋 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎 尾位苇蟺蔚喂蟼 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 谓伪 渭伪谓蟿苇蠄蔚喂蟼 魏伪喂 维位位伪, 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蟽蟿蠀位 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰, 蟺慰蠀 胃蔚蟼 谓伪 未蔚喂蟼 蟿喂 胃伪 纬委谓蔚喂 蟺伪蟻伪魏维蟿蠅. 螝伪喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓蔚喂 蔚委谓伪喂 慰喂 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼.
螚 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉, 纬喂伪蟿委 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺位萎 魏伪喂 慰 位蠈纬慰蟼 蟿蟻苇蠂蔚喂. 螖蔚 蟽蔚 魏慰蠀蟻维味蔚喂 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀.
螣 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 -o Roy鈥� 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀渭蟺维胃畏蟽伪, 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 胃伪 萎胃蔚位伪 谓伪 未蠅 蟿喂 胃伪 纬委谓蔚喂 蟽蔚 蔚蟺蠈渭蔚谓慰 尾喂尾位委慰.
螆谓伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏维蟺蠅蟼 渭蔚委蠅蟽蔚 蟿慰谓 蔚谓胃慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽渭蠈 渭慰蠀 纬喂伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蔚谓蠋 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟿慰 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蠀蟽喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰, 蠈蠂喂 魏维蟿喂 苇谓蟿慰谓慰 魏伪喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 蔚谓慰蠂位畏蟿喂魏蠈, 蟿慰 尉伪谓伪蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰蟻蔚委伪 魏维蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 胃蔚蠅蟻蠋 蠈蟿喂 未蔚 蠂蟻蔚喂伪味蠈蟿伪谓. 螘魏蔚委 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 芦蠂维位伪蟽蔚禄 魏维蟺蠅蟼. 螝伪蟿' 蔚渭苇 萎蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 维蟽魏慰蟺畏 蠂蟻萎蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟽蔚 魏伪喂 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 渭蔚 苇魏伪谓蔚 谓伪 谓喂蠋蟽蠅 位委纬慰 伪蟺伪尉委蠅蟽畏 纬喂伪 蟿喂蟼 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭委伪蟼.
螝伪蟿维 蟿伪 维位位伪, 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪喂 蟺苇蟻伪蟽伪 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿伪 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿维蟼 蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蠅!
螚 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉, 纬喂伪蟿委 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺位萎 魏伪喂 慰 位蠈纬慰蟼 蟿蟻苇蠂蔚喂. 螖蔚 蟽蔚 魏慰蠀蟻维味蔚喂 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀.
螣 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 -o Roy鈥� 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀渭蟺维胃畏蟽伪, 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 胃伪 萎胃蔚位伪 谓伪 未蠅 蟿喂 胃伪 纬委谓蔚喂 蟽蔚 蔚蟺蠈渭蔚谓慰 尾喂尾位委慰.
螆谓伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏维蟺蠅蟼 渭蔚委蠅蟽蔚 蟿慰谓 蔚谓胃慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽渭蠈 渭慰蠀 纬喂伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蔚谓蠋 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟿慰 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蠀蟽喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰, 蠈蠂喂 魏维蟿喂 苇谓蟿慰谓慰 魏伪喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 蔚谓慰蠂位畏蟿喂魏蠈, 蟿慰 尉伪谓伪蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰蟻蔚委伪 魏维蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 胃蔚蠅蟻蠋 蠈蟿喂 未蔚 蠂蟻蔚喂伪味蠈蟿伪谓. 螘魏蔚委 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 芦蠂维位伪蟽蔚禄 魏维蟺蠅蟼. 螝伪蟿' 蔚渭苇 萎蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 维蟽魏慰蟺畏 蠂蟻萎蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟽蔚 魏伪喂 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 渭蔚 苇魏伪谓蔚 谓伪 谓喂蠋蟽蠅 位委纬慰 伪蟺伪尉委蠅蟽畏 纬喂伪 蟿喂蟼 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭委伪蟼.
螝伪蟿维 蟿伪 维位位伪, 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪喂 蟺苇蟻伪蟽伪 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿伪 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿维蟼 蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蠅!
December 16, 2021
I was told to read the start of the Grace series and I鈥檓 not disappointed, enjoyable.
March 2, 2024
This is the first of Peter James' novels following D.S.Roy Grace. It hinges on a very good idea, which is well sustained throughout the novel. I look forward to reading more in this series.
Note - Do not read this if you are inclined to claustrophobia.
Note - Do not read this if you are inclined to claustrophobia.
July 6, 2020
This is the first book I have read by Peter James. It is a pretty straightforward entry in the British police procedural genre, with Detective Chief Superintendent Roy Grace as the main protagonist. Grace is a 39-year-old single man whose beloved wife disappeared nearly 9 years ago without a trace, but whom he has refused to have declared dead. Grace鈥檚 main sidekick is a fellow police officer, a Black bodybuilder named Glenn Branson. There are other sidekicks as well as a potential love interest for Grace which I presume will develop in the future.
The key strength of DEAD SIMPLE is the thrilling premise. A group of 4 friends takes a buddy out for a 鈥渟tag night鈥� a week before his wedding. Michael has played pranks on each of his friends and they decide to get revenge by leaving him in a buried coffin with a walkie-talkie, a bottle of whiskey and a straw for air for a few hours. Unfortunately they get in a horrific car accident which kills them all, leaving Michael trapped in a grave where it appears no one knows he is.
With the clock continually ticking towards a time when Michael will either die by dehydration, starvation or both, the plot becomes more complicated as Michael鈥檚 fianc茅 Ashley and best friend & business partner Mark appear to be reacting strangely to Michael鈥檚 disappearance. Although it begins as Branson鈥檚 case, eventually Grace himself gets involved and there are many surprising plot twists which demonstrate why Peter James is such a bestselling author of suspense thrillers. One slight wrinkle for me is apparently Grace is a believer in the supernatural and has used (and continues to use) mediums and similar dodgy means to help him make breakthroughs in cases. I can appreciate some 鈥済enre crossover鈥� but supernatural is not my favorite blend. (I really love a good sci-fi mystery mix.)
Overall, I was impressed with DEAD SIMPLE and am definitely interested in going on future adventures with Roy Grace as I read the subsequent books in the series.
The key strength of DEAD SIMPLE is the thrilling premise. A group of 4 friends takes a buddy out for a 鈥渟tag night鈥� a week before his wedding. Michael has played pranks on each of his friends and they decide to get revenge by leaving him in a buried coffin with a walkie-talkie, a bottle of whiskey and a straw for air for a few hours. Unfortunately they get in a horrific car accident which kills them all, leaving Michael trapped in a grave where it appears no one knows he is.
With the clock continually ticking towards a time when Michael will either die by dehydration, starvation or both, the plot becomes more complicated as Michael鈥檚 fianc茅 Ashley and best friend & business partner Mark appear to be reacting strangely to Michael鈥檚 disappearance. Although it begins as Branson鈥檚 case, eventually Grace himself gets involved and there are many surprising plot twists which demonstrate why Peter James is such a bestselling author of suspense thrillers. One slight wrinkle for me is apparently Grace is a believer in the supernatural and has used (and continues to use) mediums and similar dodgy means to help him make breakthroughs in cases. I can appreciate some 鈥済enre crossover鈥� but supernatural is not my favorite blend. (I really love a good sci-fi mystery mix.)
Overall, I was impressed with DEAD SIMPLE and am definitely interested in going on future adventures with Roy Grace as I read the subsequent books in the series.
April 19, 2017
Overall I enjoyed this book. I'm pleased to find another crime author to add to the ones I really rate - Ian Rankin, Elizabeth George, Susan Hill and Val McDermid. I like main characters that are interesting or have an interesting past and Roy Grace fits into that category. This is a good fast paced crime story which is also well written. What's not to like?! I'm looking forward to working my way through all of the novels in this series
December 6, 2020
Este autor fu茅 todo un descubrimiento, gran libro de intriga, con un inicio brillante.
January 6, 2022
Lots of unexpected twists and turns; loved it.
April 30, 2019
Turned out to be better than when I started it.
While reading the first half of the book I was wondering where the mystery is since everything that happened had been summarized in the synopsis with only one thing missing, which turned out to play a bigger part in the story. Thankfully, the story picked up for a while and I was so surprised by the things happening that I was ready to forgive the 陆 that I read however the end wasn鈥檛 satisfactory for me.
I predicted mostly every twist (except when a mystery guy comes into the game) which wasn鈥檛 making the book exciting, but somehow fun at least. The detective we are following was okay I guess; besides the tiny problem I had with his description of women he meets (don鈥檛 worry it鈥檚 nothing bad, he describes them as beautiful, I get having one or two beautiful females appearing and being beautiful but when he describes the majority of the women appearing in the book as beautiful鈥� well, I don鈥檛 know, it just feels wrong?) he was a okay, he had a great memory that comes in handy, he is a great at observing people and has a good gut feeling. Him believing in mediums and supernatural was a tad weird in the beginning since in every book/show I read/saw the cops don鈥檛 believe in occult things and have to be convinced, the reversed situation was an interesting thing.
While reading the first half of the book I was wondering where the mystery is since everything that happened had been summarized in the synopsis with only one thing missing, which turned out to play a bigger part in the story. Thankfully, the story picked up for a while and I was so surprised by the things happening that I was ready to forgive the 陆 that I read however the end wasn鈥檛 satisfactory for me.
I predicted mostly every twist (except when a mystery guy comes into the game) which wasn鈥檛 making the book exciting, but somehow fun at least. The detective we are following was okay I guess; besides the tiny problem I had with his description of women he meets (don鈥檛 worry it鈥檚 nothing bad, he describes them as beautiful, I get having one or two beautiful females appearing and being beautiful but when he describes the majority of the women appearing in the book as beautiful鈥� well, I don鈥檛 know, it just feels wrong?) he was a okay, he had a great memory that comes in handy, he is a great at observing people and has a good gut feeling. Him believing in mediums and supernatural was a tad weird in the beginning since in every book/show I read/saw the cops don鈥檛 believe in occult things and have to be convinced, the reversed situation was an interesting thing.
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