The 16th book in the Roy Grace series !! If you’ve read the previous 15 then you know that whatever the subject / crime it’s going to be a great book.

Roy Grace has just returned to Brighton after his 6 month secondment in the London Met. His return sees him investigating the violent death of a man with Down syndrome, whose brother is currently on trial for various drugs offences.

The main story follows the trial of Terence Gready a solicitor who is being accused of being ‘a Mr Big’ in the drugs world and the jury involved in the trial. In order to stop Gready from being found guilty attempts are made to influence the jury as well as intimidate the main witness of the trial. Will Terence Gready succeed in being found not guilty or will his attempts to influence the jury and witness backfire on him ?

Although this is a Roy Grace instalment I have to admit that Roy doesn’t actually appear much in the book as he is not directly linked to the court case which is the emphasis of the book. However, it is a great courtroom drama with some added extras along the way. I hope that in the next instalment we see more of Roy himself and his team.

Thank you to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book.

I’m a massive fan of Peter James and his Roy Grace books. This was was a nice surprise as it was a little different to the normal police procedure reads, this one is more court room based. Meg is on the jury while her daughter is travel and the offender and his associates will do anything to get that “not guilty” verdict.
I didn’t think the pace of this book was as fast as the other reads.
anyone who hasn’t read any of this series you could get away with reading this as a stand alone as Roy’s background is not featured in great deal, however if you are looking for a new series start at the beginning because you won’t be disappointed.

This is a consistently good series of books. Book 16 in the Roy Grace series is more of a legal thriller, rather than a police procedural but it will not disappoint. Clever writing, excellent characterisation, bent lawyers, drugs, crooks and an intriguing cliff-hanger of an ending! Fans of Peter James will not be disappointed. I can highly recommend. Thanks to Net Galley for my ARC.

This is the first book I have read in the Roy Grace series. However, that did not stop me from thoroughly enjoying this book. This book was centred more around a woman called Meg. A widow who lost both husband and son in a car crash years earlier. Her teenage daughter has just gone a gap year trip to Ecuador before going to Uni. As Laura sets off on her travels, Meg is called up for jury service. A so called drug lord is on trial.
Suddenly she finds her daughter is at risk if she does not help the jury find him Not Guilty. Will she do the right thing or do what she needs to save her daughter.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the arc in return for an honest review

I have to say this is my favourite series and I count the days down to the next instalment!!

Roy Grace is back from his secondment with the MET and is investigating the murder of a man whose brother Mickey, was stopped on the channel crossing with a Ferrari stuffed full of drugs, was his death related to this crime?

The main story is the trial of Terrence Gready. Meg is part of the jury service but Meg is threatened with violence to her daughter Laura who is in South America with her friend, if she cannot convince the other jury members to vote for a not guilty verdict.

I love this series, and reading about all the regular characters again .. well except for Cassian who I pray will get his comeuppance soon!!

As always the story was gripping and you will be so immersed that you won’t notice the time fly by!!

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.

Roy Grace is back in Brighton after secondment in London. Theres no gentle easing back though as a tip off leads to a huge drugs haul and subsequent high profile trial. Meg Magellan finds herself on the jury, something she looks forward to as a distraction from worrying about her daughter, away in South America, the first time they have been apart since the loss of Megs husband and brother. But soon she finds herself targeted. She's made a simple offer. Her daughters life in exchange for two words....not guilty.

I struggled to get into this at first simply because I was expecting to read a Roy Grace novel and he's hardly in it. This is more a court room drama than a crime thriller. But as court dramas go it's really very entertaining. However as Roy Grace novels go it's a bit disappointing. Like the story of Graces wife the side plots of Bruno possibly been a sociopath and Cassian Pewes pantomime like moustache twiddling have got a bit old. I'm really hoping there will be some kind of conclusion soon.

Enjoyable but only as a court room story. However we want more Roy next time!

Find Them Dead sees the 16th outing for Peter James’ top cop Roy Grace.

This book is different to previous ones with Grace taking more of a backseat with the focus being on the trial of a local solicitor who will stop at nothing to obtain a “Not Guilty” verdict.

The various subplots surrounding Grace are progressed albeit I am finding the ones about his son, Bruno and his boss, Cassain Pewe, a little bit boring and drawn out. Hopefully both will move towards conclusions in book 17.

Overall the book is an enjoyable read those 2 minor quibbles aside and it is still recommended

This is the 16th book in the Roy Grace series. I've read every book in the series and whilst this is an enjoyable read it's more of a courtroom drama than a Roy Grace story! In fact Grace doesn't make much of an appearance throughout the story! Not what I was expecting and I sincerely hope the 17th book returns to the more familiar format.

Thank you to Netgalley, Pan Macmillan and the author for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this courtroom drama, it’s different from the other Roy Grace books but it kept my interest from the very start.

Another of my go to authors and I love the Roy Grace series. Reading how Grace and his team solve crimes and the relationship between Roy and Cleo. The author for some reason changed the format. Don't get me wrong it is still a good read, a really good story but just not what I was expecting. Saying that I am sure other readers will enjoy it more just not for me.
Thanks to Pan Macmillan and Netgalley for the ARC in return for giving an honest review.

The latest novel in the Roy Grace series centres on the court case of a solicitor suspected of being a drugs mastermind. Fleeting appearances by Grace and his team, this is more a courtroom drama than a crime thriller and could have been written as a standalone. A quick read for a rainy day.

Roy Grace #16

Meg Magellan has been called up for jury duty. She's quite looking forward to it as she is between jobs. Roy Grace secondment to London's Met Police is coming to an end. He gets a tip-off about a county lines drug mastermind operating out of Brighton. He's called in to investigate a seemingly senseless murder.

The story is based mostly around the court case of a drug smuggler. Roy Grace does not appear much in this story but some of his colleagues do. We don't learn any more about his mysterious son, Bruno, either. The plot was interesting and the pace is decent. The suspense builds around the court case and the events that are taking place surrounding it. We are left with a cliff hanger ending. Now the wait for book 17 to find out what happens next.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Pan Macmillan and the author Peter James for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the Roy Grace books. I enjoyed this one but not as much as the others. I prefer the usual format where Roy and his team solve crimes and there is more about Roy and Cleo’s relationship. There was plenty of suspense in this story and it was good to read something a bit different from the norm. There were some great characters and a different perspective on police work.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

My usual summer routine – trekking around the UK for work meetings – has been curtailed by Covid-19. So instead of inhaling the new Peter James book on a train, I read it in bed. But this time it took substantially longer than the three hours there and back to Leicester.

James, a consummate storyteller, is 16 books into his Roy Grace series. It’s one of a select few series that still engages me, alongside those by Elly Griffiths, Martin Walker and Phil Rickman. He’s trying something a tad different in Find Them Dead. I’m not entirely sure that it worked.

Central to the series is Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a no-nonsense and dogged cop, supported by a thoroughly capable team, including his best mate DI Glenn Branson. What it boils down to this time out, though, is that there’s nowhere near enough of the police team and too much attention paid to characters in whom it’s difficult to get invested.

The main plot thread is focused on a court case. A seemingly mild-mannered pillar of the community solicitor is charged with drugs dealing after a classic car being brought into the UK is found to be stacked to the gunnels with illegal substances. The accused, though, will stop at nothing to be found not guilty, and that includes jury nobbling.

In many ways Meg Magellan is the central character in Find Them Dead. She’s a widow whose teenage daughter is off travelling in South America for her gap year with her best friend. And 18-year-old Laura becomes the pawn as Meg is called for jury service – and it’s made clear to her that she must ensure the jury returns a not guilty verdict if she wants to see her daughter again.

Meg’s certainly not a lightweight character and she does her best to carry the book. But while Grace and his team flit in and out, nothing quite dovetails – it’s like sprinters in different lanes. James is juggling a stack of angles alongside the court case – the murder of the brother of one of the witnesses, Roy’s recent return from a secondment to the Met, his not quite as idyllic as it seems private life with bizarre son Bruno on the scene, the pending trial of an old adversary, and the machinations of smarmy ACC Cassian Pewe.

My biggest issue with Find Them Dead is the ending. I don’t expect everything to be resolved neatly at the end of a book – real life doesn’t work like that. But there are so many loose ends left hanging that it was a dead ringer for one of my school sewing class efforts. I did feel distinctly cheated at the end.

If you like courtroom dramas, then Find Them Dead may work better for you than it did for me. But while I enjoyed appearances from familiar faces such as acting DI Norman Potting – a character who James has skilfully turned from a figure of fun into an impressive operator – I wanted more of what the author excels at. And that’s rigorous police procedurals.

This was another great title from this author. The plot was good and involved the reader. A good pace and highly recommended. Thank you.

4.5 Stars from me

Another super solid read from Peter James. I read this straight after finishing Dead at First Sight and have to say I think it really enhanced the reading experience having a bit of a Roy Grace immersion! 

This is a little different from the usual format in that the main plot line is separate from Grace and is so utterly and deeply compelling that I forgot I was reading a Roy Grace novel!

The story around Meg Magellan, who finds herself frantically watching and re-watching A Few Good Men as she needs to try and nobble a jury, is superb! I was captivated and couldn't help but try to imagine what I would do in her shoes.

On the flip side, I don't know what this says about me but I was rooting for her to succeed which means that I was rooting for a cold and calculating criminal mastermind to walk free...

I'm not sure where the whole 'Bruno' storyline is heading and half wonder if Peter James regrets ever brining him into the picture after we finally got rid of Sandy!

Great book - hard to put down owing in particular to the court scenes.

A new twist the Grace series, based mainly in the courtroom. Devilishly devious plot that keeps you guessing until the mighty reveal. Engrossing and thoroughly enjoyable read.

My thanks to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for the opportunity to read and review honestly.

I really like the way Peter James writes. This book has a complex plot with many strands - and yet the story maintains the interest throughout and never at any point point becomes confusing.

Find Them Dead is part of a series featuring DI Roy Grace; however, he is not central in this book although his story continues. It opens with a man returning to England with a replica Ferrari motor car, which is loaded with millions of pounds worth of drugs. There is a detailed inspection at customs, a car chase, violent arrest and exposure of a drugs ring. Mostly though, the story centres around the trial, in minute and fascinating detail.

The tension is high as one of the jurors is threatened to return the 'correct' verdict of 'not guilty'. How she deals and copes with this situation is gritty and realistic and at times quite disturbing. The reader is kept guessing all the way through and James covers the potentially boring legal aspects of the trial well. A little disappointed with the ending as not everything seems to be tied up, but there is no doubt that this is a great read written by a master storyteller. Recommended.

Find them dead is book SIXTEEN(!) in the Roy Grace series – wow!
I love Roy – he is strongly in my top 5 fictional detectives and I always bump every other book in my TBR pile in order to devour a Roy Grace book. Having said this, I don’t know how I feel with Roy not being strongly in the forefront of this book? If I’m honest I was a little frustrated at times. I love being embroiled in Roy’s many trials and tribulations so for me this book missed the mark as a solid ‘book 16’, it was more a 15.5. I still enjoyed the book a lot but I did find myself turning the pages hoping Roy was going to spring up in the next chapter.
This is a courtroom drama where the accused has a lot to lose and will go to any lengths to get a ‘not guilty’ verdict. It focuses on one specific member of the jury who will go against her own moral code to protect her daughter, despite the escalating levels of threat.
Which way will it go? Will she be able to sway her fellow jurors? Read this now to find out!
Thanks to Pan Macmillan for allowing me to read this in exchange for a review and share.

Thanks to pan Macmillan and NetGalley for an ARC of this book.. Roy Grace is back and Peter James is back on song too.
Grace returns to Brighton after a stint with the London Met. The storyline is based on the trial of a solicitor for drug smuggling and the corruption that he can influence to bring pressure on the jurors. As well as the court case with its ramifications there is the smattering of life in the Force with the array of characters drawn over the series, the reliable and the not so in the form of ACC Pewe who continues to hound Grace. Added to that there is the continuing insight into Grace’s home life with continuing ups and downs.?
The way is left clearly open for the next book. Bring it on!!
An excellent read