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Peter James
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Pages: 400 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0330434195
Pub: Pan Books
Pub date: 2006-01-20
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 587
Reader Reviews:
Loved it (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is my first encounter with Peter James, and bloody glad i chose this amongst other books in the charity shop. As i progressed through the book, my girlfriend could hear me whisper "Oh my god" several times as the story unfolded. I was part relaying the story as i read. lol. Another plus point is the story is set where i grew up, so i had the added visual bonus with the story, which was cool. Just ordered my second P.James book and cant wait to recieve it. 10/10
FANTASTIC! BUY THIS BOOK NOW! (0/0 people found this helpful)
This plot has more twists than a high speed rollercoaster!! Fantastic book! I couldn't put it down! 10/10 Brilliant!!
Wow! (0/0 people found this helpful)
When I was told not to read this book because it would give me nightmares of course I immediately started reading it and am I glad I did. It was absolutely gripping, completely original and I read it in three days without nightmares. Peter James has a fantastic writing style that draws you in and I couldn't keep up with the twists and turns. I've just gone out and bought Not Dead Enough and I know I shall whizz through all James' detective novels.
For me, James is up there with Robert Goddard and Harlan Coben. And that is praise indeed.
Some good bits (1/2 people found this helpful)
Just finished this book, having read it in a few hours. Its almost good, James is close to being a really good writer, However, the coincidence of Roy meeting Mark in the hallway after the poker game was a real turn off, but not as bad as the rotten ending. Using a medium to find the body?? Really scrapping the barrel.
Potiential but too sloppy (1/2 people found this helpful)
In Peter James' "Dead Simple" Michael Harrison ends up in coffin as a stag night prank, his four friends who were supposed to get him out again die in a car crash, and his best man isn't sure he wants him to be found!
He writes well James, but the plot in this crime novel is just way too sloppy.
Like they can't find this guy, but the police doesn't think to check the computers, mobiles of the four friends who planned the stag night (and then the bad guy gets access to them weeks later and deletes everything)
And then he makes a crime novel faux pas (an big no no!) one of the main villains isn't introduced until the last 10% of the book, (oh by the way this guy (who's barely been mentioned or seen for 90% of the story)plays a big relevant part of it too!). t seems like James changes the direction of the plot several times to make it surprising. Instead it becomes incoherent and deus ex machina like. Lots of angles remain unexplored as the author piles more and more of them onto the story.
I like the detective Roy Grace, but the structure of the story just doesnt work. It's way too improbable and badly structured, which is a shame as the writing itself is quite good. We should be hearing more about why Mark and Ashley choose to act like they do, Vic should be in the story much earlier and the bad guy shouldn't be exposed so soon.
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