Left You Dead: A Realistically Creepy Crime Thriller (Roy Grace Book 17)

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Cassian Pewe continues to rub Grace up the wrong way, and I shall be interested to see where the storyline goes for my favourite character, Norman Potting. From the outset the reader knows that Niall couldn't have possibly have done it but the amount of evidence against him soon piles up - not helped that there was already cat litter in the family home along with a plethora of true crime DVDs and books. Left You Dead is a well written, perfectly paced police procedural that sees Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his team investigating the sudden disappearance of Eden Paternoster, a young woman who seems to have vanished without a trace after her husband dropped her off at a local Tesco, and even though the husband seems to be the most likely suspect from the very start something just doesn’t seem to fit, and this case may actually be a lot more complicated than anyone could have imagined.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. The police characters are, as usual, wonderful and professional although, in this story, something terrible happens and someone will suffer a terrible loss.I was continually on edge trying to work out what exactly was going on, then it had me in tears when tragedy strikes and finally I felt uplifted as hope blooms at the last minute, setting up the next novel nicely. My only problem with this book is that there were often a lot of characters making appearances at various points, which was hard to keep track of, but I appreciate that they may have appeared in earlier instalments of this series - I would definitely love to read more from Peter James! Grace and his team investigate multiple hypotheses - is she dead, and if so who killed her, or is she missing? As the main plot is the police procedural Grace's colleagues feature heavily and I enjoyed the natural banter and friendly ribbing between the workmates and getting to know more of their personal life. Leaving the book open for the next instalment in Grace and his team’s stories, I honestly don’t know how I’m going to wait!

about how it’s hard to forget pain, but harder to remember happiness - because we don’t have scars for happiness”. At times there is some repetition and on occasions it’s a bit over burdened with facts and some unnecessary detail.My co-editor and I are much-wedded to the rule that the only person who could use silly names in their crime fiction was the much-missed Dick Francis.

There are many twists and turns throughout this book, making it another gripping read from Peter James. Eden goes into Tesco's to pick up cat litter and never reappears, no sightings, no trace and no body. Left You Dead is another edge of your seat crime mystery with James' signature short, sharp chapters it's an easy, quick read. This is a very good series and although each book can be read as a standalone there are plenty of back stories for the regular reader to add to the enjoyment.The characters within the case are great and provide plenty of secrets and lies to work through in trying to find out what happened. Husband and wife Niall and Eden Paternoster spend Sunday taking a long drive to visit a stately home and a quick stop at the local supermarket to get cat litter for the family pet.

There's quite a lot going on in the book and Roy and Cleo are going through some tuff personal stuff. Niall and Eden Paternoster start their Sunday the same way they always do - with a long drive, a visit to a country house and a quick stop at the local supermarket on the way home. Other plot points seemed to be mentioned (several times) alluding to some big twist, but again, they went nowhere. So after a very dissapointing last book in the series, I was giving this one a go, perhaps out of having loved the series up to then.I like my detectives complicated and enjoy hearing some of their stories apart from the investigation.