Dead Man's Footsteps - Peter James

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace doesn't have an easy job. First of all, the body of a woman is found in a storm drain; she later proves to be the wife of a 'businessman', Ronnie Wilson, who died in the 7/11 disaster, but the discovery of her body serves to remind Grace of his own missing wife. Then another body is discovered in a river in Australia; breast implants prove that she is Ronnie Wilson's second wife, yet she was supposed to have committed suicide shortly after her husband's death in the Twin Towers. Is there a connection between the two murders? If so, does this mean that Wilson is still alive? And who is the woman living in Brighton who seems to be running ...  Read the complete review

I am an avid reader of Peter James's books in the series of novels he has written about Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. The books tend to have really gripping twisting plots that I can get lost in - which can make them a bit dangerous to read on trains as I am often so involved in the book that I miss my stop! When I saw the latest book in the series, Dead Man's Footsteps, was for sale, I picked it up immediately to find out what happens next in the world of Roy Grace (Brighton and Hove!) All of the books in this series have the word 'dead' in the title, which immediately gives you a sinister feeling before you have even opened the cover, as you know a ...  Read the complete review

This is another book in the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series. In this book, two bodies are found that have been dead for a very long time - one woman is found in a storm drain in Brighton and another is discovered in the boot of a car in a lake in Australia. How are these women linked and how have their bodies remained undiscovered for so long without anyone missing them? Roy Grace and his team intend to find out. ************************************************************ There are several threads to this story other than the one highlighted above. At the beginning of this book, the chapters are kept quite short and create instant ...  Read the complete review

Firstly, I LOVE THIS BOOK! I've always been a fan of James Patterson, and his twitsed crime thrillers, i never thought i would have the same reading relationship with another author, but along came Peter James with this book which just blew me away. The book is set with three stories, we have the tale of Ronnie Wilson, a man struggling financially who upon planning a new business venture ends up in the turmoil of 9/11. We then have the tale of Abbie a woman afraid of the outside world, whos stuck in an elevator hoping she wont die. Then the tale of Roy Grace, a Brighton and Hove detective, missing wife, drinks alot but a brilliant police man. The three ...  Read the complete review