Peter James - Dead Man's Grip (Roy Grace #7)
Thoroughly enjoyable English country side, police procedural, and well developed protagonist that is all too human. What better way to spend an afternoon?
Welcome to the Sussex CID Major Crimes Division where Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has just been informed of a major road collision involving three vehicles and a bicyclist. A truck driver having logged too many hours, a car driven by a business woman and mother, with an alcohol level above the limit, and a van driver who fled the scene, all contributing to the death of an American student. To further complicate matters, the student is discovered to be part of a New York mafia family who seek revenge for his death.
And if that weren't enough to keep DS Grace occupied, his fiance Cleo winds up in the emergency room suffering complications from her pregnancy.
Once more Peter James has immersed his character into a complex plot, filled with human emotion and a particularly clever bad guy, leaving Grace to find his way through a harrowing maze of clues, using everything at his command to try and prevent a kidnapped boy from being killed.
The reader is also given insight into the disappearance of Grace's former wife, Sandy, with a very unexpected twist at the end. I really didn't see that coming, but I'm hooked solidly for the next installment, and more.
Highly recommended series for anyone that enjoys a well-written police procedural with a touch of thriller thrown in.
Welcome to the Sussex CID Major Crimes Division where Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has just been informed of a major road collision involving three vehicles and a bicyclist. A truck driver having logged too many hours, a car driven by a business woman and mother, with an alcohol level above the limit, and a van driver who fled the scene, all contributing to the death of an American student. To further complicate matters, the student is discovered to be part of a New York mafia family who seek revenge for his death.
And if that weren't enough to keep DS Grace occupied, his fiance Cleo winds up in the emergency room suffering complications from her pregnancy.
Once more Peter James has immersed his character into a complex plot, filled with human emotion and a particularly clever bad guy, leaving Grace to find his way through a harrowing maze of clues, using everything at his command to try and prevent a kidnapped boy from being killed.
The reader is also given insight into the disappearance of Grace's former wife, Sandy, with a very unexpected twist at the end. I really didn't see that coming, but I'm hooked solidly for the next installment, and more.
Highly recommended series for anyone that enjoys a well-written police procedural with a touch of thriller thrown in.