Reply Blood Orange - Harriet Tyce | Book Review - World of Books | Book Blog June 12, 2020 at 3:20 pm Meticulous research gives his prose great authenticity . . . James manages to add enough surprises and drama that by the end you’re rooting for the police and really don’t know if they will finally get their men – Sunday Express Roy Grace, creation of the award-winning author Peter James, exposes the dark side of the internet in Dead at First Sight. Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. Can he bring down the murderous global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams?

Author Peter James created the tenacious detective and has published many novels following his fictional investigations. From our intelligence, the lady you are waiting for, Frau Ingrid Ostermann, does not exist.” ’ Dead at First Sight, Peter James Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he’s one of the most believable – The Times James just gets better and better and deserves the success he has achieved with this first-class series, Independent on SundayHe doesn’t play things by the book and isn’t afraid of pushing boundaries – something that often gets him into trouble. Roy Grace finds it difficult to work with his boss, the power-crazed, Cassian Pew. Despite this, he still runs a tight ship and investigates with precision. The operational details and personality clashes in the office add realism to the story. Roy and his wife Cleo have difficult times with Roy’s son, Bruno, from his first marriage to Sandy; Sandy is his first wife who disappeared and then returned years later, died, and left Roy with a son he never knew he had. He has another son, Noah, with Cleo so the dynamics of family life and being a detective clash throughout the story.

Peter takes his readers on a thrill ride, and hopefully we’ve managed to capture some of that runaway rollercoaster feeling.” Detective Superintendent Roy Grace’s 15th outing focuses on the dark side of internet dating, which is darker than you can imagine. The first film entitled Dead Simple aired on Sunday night (March 14 2021) at 8pm on ITV1, taking over the McDonald & Dodds slot. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace investigates when a young woman’s body is found butchered in Brighton. Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival.What we know so far from our investigations is that this lady had discovered her identity is used by a “romance fraud” gang. She confided in a friend of hers, recently, that she was suspicious of a man she had met online after joining a dating agency herself. She told her friend that she was going to meet the man and confront him. Then she is found dead, missing half of her tongue.” ’ Dead at First Sight, Peter James Meticulous research gives his prose great authenticity . . . James manages to add enough surprises and drama that by the end you’re rooting for the police and really don’t know if they will finally get their men, Sunday Express A man waits at a London airport for the love of his life to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired cop waits in a bar in Florida’s Key West for his first date with the lady who is his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they’ve been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world – and that neither women exist. Dead at First Sight is about internet dating and how easy it is to scam vulnerable and lonely people who are looking for love. A woman is murdered in Munich and Roy Grace is investigating a suspicious suicide in Brighton. What is the link? He says: “It’s a seemingly straightforward missing person inquiry which twists off into territory awash with nightmare fuel.