- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan UK (Jun 13 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1405092041
- ISBN-13: 978-1405092043
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 4.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 739 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #875,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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`Abby stepped in the lift and the doors closed with a sound like a shovel smoothing gravel. She breathed in the smell of someone else’s perfume, and lemon-scented cleaning fluid. The lift jerked upwards a few inches. And now, too late to change her mind and get out, with the metal walls pressing in around her, they lunged sharply downwards. Abby was about to realize she had just made the worst mistake of her life...`
Amid the tragic unfolding mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton never-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifetime, to disappear and reinvent himself in another country. Five years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman’s body in a storm drain in Brighton, leads Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton.
Acclaim for NOT DEAD ENOUGH: `Another smashing thriller from the UK`s most respected crime writer` Daily Mirror
About the Author
Peter James was educated in Charterhouse and then at film school. He lived in North America for a number of years, working as a film-maker, before returning to England. His novels have been translated into twenty-seven languages. Peter James lives in Sussex and London.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dead Man's Footsteps,
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This review is from: Dead Man's Footsteps (Hardcover)
The fourth and newest book in the Roy Grace series by Peter James introduces the reader first to Ronnie Wilson, a Brit visiting the US and New York City to try to enlist financial assistance for his latest money-making venture, one hopefully not doomed to failure as were his past endeavors. His business meeting, after which he plans to fly back to the UK, is scheduled for 9 AM in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001.We next, in October of 2007, meet Abby Dawson, a 27-year-old woman who has just returned from Australia to her native England, and whose background is somewhat shadowy, as we are told she has done everything she can think of to disguise her identity, describing herself as a 'fugitive.' And then Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Sussex Police enters the tale, when he is called in as Senior Investigating Officer after a skeleton, probably that of a woman of about 30 years old, is discovered in a storm drain within his community of the City of Brighton and Hove. Just a run-of-the-mill murder investigation, it would seem, until Roy realizes that the description perfectly fits that of his adored wife, Sandy, who had disappeared nine years before, at age 28 and on his 30th birthday, and had apparently 'vanished off the face of the earth.' The characters introduced in the earlier books are still here: Glenn Branson, still having marital problems; Grace's lover, Cleo, Chief Home Office pathologist, who has always been sympathetic to Grace's lingering and continuing search and nightmares concerning his wife; his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Alison Vosper; and his surprisingly fast-rising fellow D.S., Cassian Pewe, all of whom are made real in the author's terrific depictions of these disparate personalities. As a resident of the metropolitan NY area, I can attest to the accuracy of the depiction of the feel of the city on that horrendous day and in its aftermath, and will not comment further on this aspect of the novel. The author expertly weaves together all the disparate threads in a suspense-filled tale with the surprises, twists and turns typical of this author, and a particularly stunning final sentence, leaving me avidly awaiting its sequel. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A Terrific read,
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This review is from: Dead Man's Footsteps (Paperback)
This is a great book. The pace is electrifying, the detail is superb and the characters are both real and believable. Mr James is a master.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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One very good read,
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This review is from: Dead Man's Footsteps (Hardcover)
First Sentence: If Ronnie Wilson had known, as he woke up, that in just a couple of hours he would be dead,, he would have planned his day somewhat differently.Perpetually failed businessman Ronnie Wilson happens to be in New York City on September 11, 2001. Rather than seeing the tragedy around him, he sees it as a way to disappear from his past. In present day, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to a crime scene where the skeletal remains of a woman have been found. Grace first hopes/fears it could be the remains of his wife, Sandy, who disappeared nine years ago. Instead, the woman is identified as having been the wife of first wife of Ronnie Wilson. About the same time, the body of a woman is found in a submerged vehicle's trunk in Australia. Turns out, she was Wilson's second wife. Although this book has lost a few points with me for the continual series tease about Grace's missing wife, this was a very twisty and exciting read. I like the character of Roy Grace. He's a good cop with good relationships to both his superior and his team, or most of them. He also knows he does still have issues stemming from his wife's disappearance. The story is very well plotted with very good dialogue, although one does have to pay attention to the timeframes. The relationship threads were suitably twisty and I didn't always see the connections coming. The events of September 11th were well handled, conveying the horror of the event while looking at it from the avaricious side of Wilson. The climatic scene was exciting, suspenseful and had just a small element of humor giving Grace a bit of his own back against a cop our to make him look bad. This was a very good read and one I recommend. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grip the armchair, Sleep Early,
By Literary Media's "Reviews" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dead Man's Footsteps (Paperback)
If you think you're safe (as you turn the page to read the first few chapters in this book) then read no further for the same fate that happened to a woman, whose skeletal remains were found in a storm drain in Brighton, could just as easily happen to you.The sightings in Munich lead us onto the trail that possible sightings of Sandy who disappeared 'a little over nine years ago' may help Roy Grace, the Detective Superintendant, investigating the crime, trace his steps to the murderer. Meanwhile, the main character resumes his life after a failed business venture in another country and when we feel and felt the impact of the September 11 crime that shook the nation and the world. Back in Britain, a woman is being chased all round the seaside town of Brighton for being the prime suspect. Peter James, even as a young writer whose first few thrillers made you read the pages right into the middle of the night, has always written novels which have you gripping the armchair for fear of being the next victim. This novel is his fourth, featuring Roy Grace and the Brighton force and according to The Times, it is 'his best' novel to date. 'Summer wouldn't be summer without an unmissable new Peter James novel' (Daily Mail) He never lets his readers down. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Realistic page turning plot,
By Helen Simpson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dead Man's Footsteps (Paperback)
The chapters switch between September 2001 and the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York, and October 2007 after human remains are discovered in Brighton, England. They also switch between various characters; Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his colleagues, Abby who is in hiding in her flat, clearly running scared, Ronnie Wilson a failing businessman who takes a trip to New York for a meeting in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on the ill fated morning of 9/11 and his wife Lorraine at home watching the horror unfold.The descriptions of events after the planes hit the WTC was really well done...it brought the surreal horror of the day back without being ghoulish or sensationalist. The plot itself was cleverly researched and genuinely suspenseful...and I'm looking forward to 'Dead Tomorrow', the next in the series. I would definitely recommend the series is read in order as although the skeleton in DS Grace's cupboard is explained in each book it makes your connection with, and understanding of his character more real if read in order. |
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