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Wish You Were Dead by Peter James

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sarahlee2000's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

hades_world's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I haven’t read any of the Roy Grace series so thought I’d give this a try as a taster. It did not make me want to read more. I found the writing style very amateurish and reminded me of the Point Horror books I used to read as a teenager. All cliches, clunky dialogue, no character description. Maybe his other books are better, but based on this experience, I don’t intend to find out.

andreab777's review

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

onequietreader's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

kirkw1972's review

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4.0

This is one of the titles in this years Reading Agency quick reads list of books. I love these books especially for anyone that struggles to get into their reading mojo as it does what it says on the title It's quick. Shorter books can also help build up that love of reading or fill a gap for those with not much time.

This itself is a very quick paced thriller taking place overnight as Grace's nanny's boyfriend is missing, the hotel owners are acting strange, the car stops working, so the lights and the tenseness ramps up on every page. You won;t learn much more about Grace himself and t doesn't move forward any of the plotlines from the main books but it's a bit of scary fun to pass a wet afternoon (seriously it's rained nearly every day in May what else can we do??). If you've not read any of the Roy Grace books it's also a nice little introduction.

frombethanysbookshelf's review

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3.0

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has left the stress of his job behind to spend a week with his family relaxing in France. They've booked a beautiful grand Chateu to stay in but from the moment they arrive it's clearly not what they'd expected. But their subpar accomodation and perculiar hosts aren't the only problems. While they're trying to salvage their trip, an old enemy is getting closer with only one thing on his mind - revenge.

Featuring Roy Grace from James' other novels, you don't need to have read any previous works to understand this quick thriller. Full of tense, brilliant worldbuilding and the characters were very memorable. For me, the story was a little slow and then it was total chaos at the end but still a brilliant short story in just over 100 pages.