Want You Dead
A 'What If This Happened to You' Crime Thriller
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4.3 • 246 Ratings
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
An obsessive psychopath must be stopped whilst Detective Superintendent Roy Grace also deals with a very personal mystery in Want You Dead, by award winning crime writer Peter James.
Grace’s wife Sandy is officially declared dead after being missing for a decade, allowing him to marry the mother of his baby son. But Sandy’s disappearance is unexplained for a reason.
Bryce Laurent doesn’t want his ex-girlfriend to move on. Terrified by Bryce’s dark side, she seeks police protection. But Bryce will not be stopped, determined to destroy everything and everyone she has ever known and loved – and then her too . . .
Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Want You Dead is the tenth thrilling title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with You Are Dead and Love You Dead.
Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British author James's 10th novel featuring Det. Supt. Roy Grace of the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team (after 2013's Dead Man's Time) is an adroit study of obsession and revenge. Bryce Laurent, a violent narcissist who can't bear to see ex-girlfriend Red Westwood dating someone else, rents an apartment nearby, and spies on her using the night-sights of his crossbow and several bugging devices. Shortly after Red's new boyfriend, Dr. Karl Murphy, fails to show up for a date, the police question her about his disappearance, while also enquiring after Laurent, against whom Red has a restraining order. When a group of golfers discover a badly burned corpse, Grace gets on the case. The author is unflinching in his descriptions of domestic abuse, and paints a vivid picture of Brighton with daily life punctuated by cigarettes, booze, and greasy food. A subplot involving Grace's vanished wife, Sandy, will please series regulars.
Customer Reviews
Want you dead
A real page turner... I even tried to read it slowly!
Good strong characters and sad losses. I was completely drawn in.
Well done, can't wait to read the next book in the series of Roy Grace.
Want you Dead
The worst of the Roy Grace books, so far. Felt like a ‘filler’ book. Was so frustrating to read. Won’t be reading any more for a while.
Want you dead
I can't put my finger on any one fault that made this book so implausible, there were too many.