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Dead Tomorrow (Hardcover)

by Peter James (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 500 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (11 Jun 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 023070686X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230706866
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,971 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Despite his triumphs in a variety of endeavours (including film producer and horror novelist), Peter James’ current career as a writer of highly adroit crime novels has effortlessly assumed centre stage (James has long maintained that he was always essentially a crime writer). Such books as Not Dead Enough have revitalised the tired genre of the police procedural, powered by James’ sympathetically characterised copper Roy Grace. The author’s ace in the hole is, of course, his machine-tooled plotting, and that skill is well to the fore in Dead Tomorrow, quite the most authoritative entry in the series yet.

A teenager's body is recovered from the sea off the cost of Sussex, with vital organs excised. Two equally grim subsequent discoveries follow. At the same time, another teenager, Caitlinn Beckett, lies in a Brighton hospital; she will die if she is not the recipient of a liver transplant. The National Health Service cannot help, and Lynn, Catlinn's mothers, turns in desperation to clandestine sources. DS Roy Grace, on the trail of the killers of the dead teenagers, discovers a sinister cadre of Eastern European child traffickers. And here Peter James dispatches his usual peerless orchestration of suspense as two elements coalesce: can Roy Grace prevent another child death – and how far will the distraught Lynn Beckett go to save the life of her daughter?

Dead Simple, the first book in the Roy Grace series, immediately demonstrated that James was not content to simply reheat the clichés of the genre, and Looking Good Dead showed a similar willingness to reinvigorate the genre. Dead Tomorrow, the fifth entry, keeps up the momentum (with the usual vivid evocation of Roy Grace’s – and Peter James' – Brighton). Of course, if the police procedural field does nothing for you, there's nothing to say. But aficionados will be in seventh heaven. --Barry Forshaw



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'James seems to have shifted a gear, this latest meaty offering is issue-led and reflective - more of a slow burn than a quick thrill.' --Daily Mail

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well up to his usual high standards, 21 Aug 2009
By Andy Edwards "staxasoul" (Essex UK) - See all my reviews
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Peter James continues his fine Roy Grace series with another quite superb tale. Every story is rooted in Brighton, and this one is no exception, and the inventive and original plotlines and the characterisation of the main players lift these above ordinary detective fiction. Having dealt with fraud, Internet porn, identity theft, and a host of other topics in previous novels, James turns his attention to the trade in human organs - and he does it with his customary attention to detail, to the extent that you end up feeling you have been educated as well as entertained.

Roy Grace is a satisfyingly complex character, with enough of the standard "policeman" traits to be recognisable, but with some original flaws and failings which complicate his provate life (and sometimes his professional career). His colleagues are similarly brought to life, with the minimum of stereotyping, and the villians are believable and , well, villianous.

In "Dead Tomorrow" the investigation is woven with moral issues, (I won't say more, as I don't want to spoil the story), which James handles supebly, without ever preaching. The plot developes at a satisfying pace, ad as the reader, you see the whole thing, as the threads are brought together, but this never feels predictable, such is James skill with plot twists.

All in all a worthy addition to the series, it's just a shame we have to wait for the next one. If you are new to these, I suggest you pick up at the beginning (Dead Simple) and work forward from there - not that you can't read Dead Tomorrow as a stand alone, but you'll get so much more from it, having read the others first - oh and the nearest comparison to these novels (for me anyway) are the Inspector Banks series, by Peter Robinson, if you enjoy those, Grace should be right up your street.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dead Tomorrow, 31 Aug 2009
By Gloria Feit (Long Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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The sixth book in the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series finds him, several months after the events which took place in the prior novel, "Dead Man's Footsteps," promoted to head up the Major Crime squad. His nemesis, Assistant Chief Constable Alison Vosper, has been promoted and moved to another part of the country, making his job a bit easier and less stressful. He is presently trying to impress her successor, but finds that effort quite difficult by virtue of the new case he and his squad are working on: Three dead bodies have been found in the English Channel, all their major internal organs quite expertly excised. The ensuing investigation, run along various lines, brings into play a timely issue: the international trafficking of not only humans, but human organs. The author puts a very human face on the tale, introducing Caitlin Beckett, a teenager living for the past six years with serious liver disease, becoming more serious by the day, with her mother desperately willing to do anything necessary to save her life.

On a more personal note, Grace, approaching forty years of age, is finally able to move on, romantically, after his wife's utter disappearance nearly ten years prior, and is hoping to make his relationship with Cleo, the area's chief mortician, more permanent. The cops in this novel, as usual with this author, are truly dedicated, altruistic men and women. Still present, among other cops we have grown to know and love, is Glenn Branson, whose unhappy marital situation has him still in residence in Grace's living quarters.

Parenthetically, I greatly enjoyed seeing Jeffery Deaver make a brief appearance as a drug dealer, albeit a dead one, as well as an homage to Val McDermid as the author of a novel [one which I myself had greatly enjoyed] being read by one of the book's characters. Among my other favorite things about the book was the author invoking two oracles I have loved in detective fiction for years, to wit: one Mr. Conan Doyle, who famously said, "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth," and the other Occam's Razor, of the true origins of which I was previously unaware - leave it to Mr. James to enlighten me about this as in so many other things! As Mr. James tells it: "Occam was a fourteenth-century philosopher monk who used the analogy of taking a razor-sharp knife and to cut away everything but the most obvious explanation. That, Brother Occam believed, was where the truth usually lay." Both are used to great effect in this case.

The tale is a rather grim one, dealing with a macabre subject, obviously well researched by the author. A hefty book, my one criticism is that it might have benefited from some judicious editing. That said, the novel is recommended.
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23 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great read from PJ!, 29 May 2009
By Mrs. A. N. Candy "mand" (Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Tomorrow (Paperback)
I was lucky enough to get an early proof copy of this book and couldn't put it down. If you are a fan of the Roy Grace series by Peter James you will just love this book, I personally think it is the best one yet. If you haven't read any of the series don't start with this one, but do buy them all and work your way through to this one. Can't wait for the next one.....
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2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment.
I read the first 55 pages of this book and then put it down. I found it most depressing and fractured with so many characters and no main ones. Read more
Published 25 days ago by A. R. Jacubs

3.0 out of 5 stars Good police procedural - shame about the snub noses and bland protagonist!
Despite having read all of Peter James's Roy Grace novels so far, I wouldn't call myself an avid fan, and this latest book is the least gripping, although it does pick up half way... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Alice Palance

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this book is one of four and they are gripping , good sevice and condition
Published 1 month ago by A. J. Woolford

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not his best
Peter James has again written a very good book but it isn't his best. The better book was his first but then that can be said for alot of authors with it being difficult to keep... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Md Simons

2.0 out of 5 stars predictable & ordinary
I have read the whole Roy Grace series and would recommend Dead Simple to anyone who likes crime fiction, however this novel has continued a downhill trend since. Read more
Published 2 months ago by G. J. Davis

4.0 out of 5 stars 5th book in the Roy Grace series
I am a die hard Peter James fan and so was delighted to receive this for my Birthday. I started it straight away and finished it in little over a week. Read more
Published 2 months ago by bagmad

5.0 out of 5 stars Looking for excitement? It's here!
I have read every book Mr James has written, and devour every word. What l think sets Peter James apart from other authors, is his dedication to research, and how much he does for... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert P. Splaine

2.0 out of 5 stars Dead Tomorrow
The reader of the Audiobook "Dead Tomorrow" takes away from the story. I will not order an audiobook by this author or reader again.
Published 3 months ago by Michael Geib

5.0 out of 5 stars cracking read
This was the latest in a great crime series all a good read enjoyed it immensley
Published 3 months ago by P. mccauley

3.0 out of 5 stars All at sea
This book is well worth a recommendation BUT it was chapter 83 before the main characters has any clue as to what was going on, and even further down the line before they had... Read more
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