Need You Dead: A Creepy British Crime Thriller (Roy Grace Book 13)

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Ik genoot eerder al van de twaalf voorgaande delen en hou van de evolutie die ik zie in de karakters en hoe we ze telkens ietsje beter leren kennen. Nothing is as it seems and investigating officers need to refer constantly to the ABC basics; assume nothing, believe no one, challenge everything. Need You Dead was a gift and my only worry, apart from THOCH was, I might not be able to understand when the main characters backstory is mentioned. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace was getting ready to go to Germany to pick up his son Bruno when he caught a case of the death of Lorna Belling.

The ending was somewhat of a mystery as there were a few questions that didn't get answered and I thought were a bit odd, I can only hope these will be addressed in the next book. For another, the job she turns out to have been hired for—leading an investigation her new boss doesn’t feel he can entrust to his own force—makes her queasy.While I understand Roy's concerns over becoming a new father to his ex-wife's son, but the book spent way to much time on his thoughts about that, taking too much time away from the main plot. We are introduced to Lorna Belling, a woman that is in an incredibly abusive relationship, but who is being offered another chance with another man to start over.

There are a number of possible scenarios but the case turns more sinister than Grace could ever have imagined. The story real consists of the police procedural investigation into the suspicious death of a local woman Lorna Belling, who is known to the police because of domestic violence incidents between her and her husband. under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 19 million copies to date, and has been translated into 37 languages. After hearing that his ex-wife has committed suicide in Germany, he discovers that he has a ten-year old son, Bruno, that he knew nothing of. A death by dangerous driving scene following a chase is particularly well portrayed; at one point the events move into slow mode, exactly as they would in real life.There are enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing but I did feel that some of the plot lines had loose ends that were never explained properly. I like Peter James portrayal of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as a soft and caring person to his staff and family. With a handful being amongst the best books I have read, I am disappointed that at best I can only give 3 stars to this book, probably if it was by anyone else might have been 2 stars. A pretty cool character that has seen his fair share of the worst of people in his career and at times personal life. There is the very human story of Roy Grace being united for the first time with his son, while at the same time there is the horrific discovery of a woman’s body.

Doodsangst van Peter James is het 13e en tevens het laatst vertaalde Nederlandse deel van de Roy Grace serie. Superintendent Roy Grace is assigned to investigate the death of Lorna Belling, an apparent suicide by electrocution in a bathtub - but is it? Grace is pivotal and along with his colleagues is faced with genuine dilemmas caused by budget and resource constraints and the expectation of his old adversary, Pewe. Despite some serious information overload—including a glossary of police terms, a chart of police ranks and insignia, and a superabundance of police characters—James has never forgotten how to make the pages fly.

What hurt Lorna the most is when she finds out Greg had lied about everything, when she trusted Greg. Book 13 would be an odd starting point but the book could actually read and enjoyed as a standalone as could any of the Roy Grace books. Its a stressful time for Roy so he can be forgiven for maybe not being totally on the ball with the Lorna Belling case.