There are some breathtaking action scenes that show the author's skill with the balance between pace and plot. Although Corin Belling does everything he reasonably can to draw suspicion that he’s killed his wife, Grace and his team from Major Crimes keep working the case and soon uncover other suspects: unsuccessful salesman Seymour Darling, who’s been convinced that Lorna scammed him ever since his payment for her MX5 vanished into cyberspace, and independent financial consultant Kipp Brown, who forensic evidence indicates knew Lorna much better than he’s willing to admit. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Lorna Belling, desperate to escape the marriage from hell, falls for the charms of another man who promises her the earth. I've been looking forward to my next Roy Grace 'fix' and in Need You Dead, Peter James delivers another blistering story in a series that's maintained momentum. I don’t really want to say too much about what is going on in his personal life because of course being a series it could take the edge of impact from readers.

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. The possible culprit is faced with an overwhelming accumulation of evidence in a murder case, one involving Lorna Belling, a beautiful woman hairdresser in an abusive marriage, making her husband a suspect in her murder, along with the accused cop. Its a stressful time for Roy so he can be forgiven for maybe not being totally on the ball with the Lorna Belling case.Superintendent Roy Grace is assigned to investigate the death of Lorna Belling, an apparent suicide by electrocution in a bathtub - but is it? 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. The readers of Need You Dead well learn about the issues parent and child have when it is the first time they meet each other. Although Lorna Belling a hairdresser was married to Corin she planned to leave him, she was having an affair with a man named 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.

under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 19 million copies to date, and has been translated into 37 languages. This new relationship offers hope for Lorna and she truly believes she has a better future ahead of her. The characters are plausible; it's easy to visualise these relatively ordinary people whose behaviour is tipped out of kilter. Love You Dead’ in hardback was Peter’s eleventh Sunday Times No 1 bestseller and Peter’s first non-fiction title ‘Death Comes Knocking’ written in association with Graham Bartlett, Head of Sussex Police was published in July 2016, scoring Peter a hat trick of titles in the Sunday Times charts within a month.

I'd been told by a friend and Peter James fan to delve into another of his novels as the former was not his best work. Then, she didn't die at home but in a rather seedy little flat - bolt hole from her husband or love nest for an affair? 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.

Esta novela se lee con interés, y aunque no está entre las que más me gustan del autor, creo que merece la pena seguir con la serie. A dedicated man to his career but also one that has learnt lessons the hard way in the past about getting that balance between work and home. Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc.I have a confession, Peter James in one of my favourite authors so I am always excited at the thought of reading one of his novels.