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Dead Simple

Roy Grace, Book 1

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Dead Simple

By: Peter James
Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
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Meet Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on his unforgettable first major case by award winning crime author Peter James, read by Daniel Weyman.

It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. But a few hours later, the groom has disappeared and his friends are dead.

With only three days to the wedding, Roy Grace is contacted by the man’s distraught fiancée to unearth what happened on that fateful night.

The one man who ought to know of the groom’s whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot more to gain than anyone realizes, for one man’s disaster is another man’s fortune . . .

Although the Roy Grace novels can be enjoyed in any order, Dead Simple is the first thrilling title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Looking Good Dead and Not Dead Enough.

Now a major ITV series, Grace, adapted for television by screenwriter Russell Lewis and starring John Simm.


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23 million copies sold.

Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla’s favourite fictional detective.

'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' – Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series

'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers and therefore one of the best in the world' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

'One of the world’s most popular detective series' –
The Guardian

©2008 Peter James (P)2024 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense Wedding Exciting

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Oh wow, I couldn't stop listening!

Great narrator, great in depth characters, relevant and accurate police techniques and procedures. An amazing story, so many twists and turns, I never saw them coming! Highly recommend for those who love a good detective story. I will definitely be listening to the rest of the series.

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Lots of twists - I couldn’t guess though I thought I had solved it

Really enjoyed listening to this - I guessed incorrectly at several points what was going to happen and I’m usually pretty good at guessing correctly. Highly recommend!

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Great story easy listen

Got hooked Into the story straight away, lots to keep Interest, set where I live it was great hearing about the local area and locations. Off to get his next book hope it’s as good.

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the voice

really enjoyed it though thought got a bit far fetched a couple of times. but was well read and I will definitely read more from this series

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Great plot

Really enjoyed this. Definitely going to read the rest of the series. Well worrh the credit.

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Great !

Great audible version of a book I read years ago.
Really well narrated, gripping to listen to & very enjoyable.

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Loved it

Have been meaning to listen to this series for a long time , and I’m very glad I did . Great storyline , well written and narrated wonderfully .. definitely a fan

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Couldn’t stop listening.

Good page turner,will read others in this series.very enjoyable couldn’t stop listening,excellent! Want more.

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Enjoyable.

I started this series further along so it’s been fun to go back to the start & actually I’ve enjoyed this first book.
Daniel Weyman is an excellent narrator, very good at creating tension quietly.

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Found a new favourite!

Really enjoyed this book and found myself being absorbed straight into this character and his life. Thankfully with just the right amount of flaws and an interesting backstory that we’ll no doubt see play out in future books, he plays a strong and clever cop caught up in a time sensitive case with every moment ticking down to a perilous and tragic outcome.
Fast paced and clever plot with some great characters throughout, I couldn’t put this book down. The narrator is great and captures everything we need in this and indeed all the other characters.
I liked the inclusion of the supernatural and even though I’d normally be put off by that in a plot, it actually worked really well and wasn’t overdone.
Hugely looking forward to working my way through the series- I think I’ve found a new favourite author!!

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