Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is back and doesn’t disappoint!
A mixture of car boot sales , violent villains and a priceless painting or is it ?makes for a cracking read.
Roy Grace is a multi layered character who has personal issues to deal with whilst expertly running his team , the team are amiable and well rounded characters which makes for an easy and and entertaining read.
This could be read as a stand-alone , as there enough back story on the characters .
Altogether an enjoyable read which I’ve come to expect from the Roy Grace series.

Thanks to NetGalley and Pam Macmillan.

Another brilliant read in this great series.
Grace is still reeling after the loss he has suffered but soon there is a case that needs his attention.
He starts to look at a cold case which relates to a murder and the loss of a valuable painting.
The painting has now turned up but the new owners have no idea that people are willing to kill to get their hands on it.
Harry and Freya bought it at a car boot sale and after a visit to Antiques Roadshow they’re thinking their money worries are over.
There’s a few unscrupulous people in this book and they’re all trying to outdo one another with Harry and Freya being the innocent victims.
This is a great crime thriller that I really enjoyed.
Thanks to Pan MacMillan and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

Brilliant storyline all about the art world. It starts off with a cold case, but things soon progress until you feel as if you are in an expanded episode of “Fake or Fortune”. It is really well written introducing all the main players, and giving the reader a jigsaw puzzle of where everyone fits together. They of course do, and then it’s just a case of total enjoyment reading to the end where all becomes clear. It was great to reconnect with Grace and all the usual cast, but could be read as a stand alone. Loved it and would thoroughly recommend it.

Thank you to #NetGalley and #Macmillan for the advance copy of #PictureYouDead by #PeterJames
Harry and Freya are just an average couple living a normal life until Harry picks up a painting at one of their regular car boots. This sets in train a series of events that they could never have imagined.
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace finds himself investigating a cold case involving a painting. How intertwined are things in the world of fine art. An excellent read with many threads that all lead to the same place.

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, still grieving for his recently deceased son Bruno, meets a retired colleague who asks if Roy ad his team will look at a cold case and endeavour to re-open the search for the murder of Charlie Porteus. Charlie was a well known, extremely knowledgeable art dealer working in London but living in Brighton. It was rumoured that, at the time of his murder (outside his own home) he was in possession of a 1770 Fragonard painting understood to be one of a missing set of four, but no trace was found when his body was discovered.

Harry and Freya Kipling, lovers of car boot sales, buy a rather ghastly painting of an old crone purely because they liked the frame that it was in. Freya persuades Harry to get rid of the awful picture, but when trying to remove it he finds a beautiful painting underneath, and feeling that it could be something special they take it to an Antiques Roadshow where the expert reveals that it could very likely be a missing Fragonard worth a small fortune. Troubles begin.

Roy has no knowledge of the art world but he and his team soon find themselves embroiled in another murder, forgeries and shady characters.

Peter James at his best!

Roy Grace #18

Harry and Freda, an ordinary couple, dreamed for years of finding something precious buried in the tat of a car boot sale. It's a dream they knew in their hearts would never come true - until the day it did.... They bought a drab portrait for a few pounds, for its beautiful frame, planning to cut the painting out. Then studying it back home there seems to be another picture beneath, of a stunning landscape. Could it be a long-lost masterpiece from 1770? If genuine, it could be worth millions. One collector is certain that its genuine. Someone who uses any method he can to get what he wants and will stop at nothing.

Roy Grace is reviewing cold cases. He decides to reopen the case of the murder of Charlie Porteous, an art dealer. At the same time Harry and Freda buy a fraud painting at a car boot sale.

This police procedural series never gets tired or feels stale to me. I can't quite believe it's the eighteenth book in the series. It doesn't seem that I read Dead Simple. the first book in the series. This time we are dealing with Fine Art theft, fraud and forgery. something Roy Grace knows nothing about. It's not long before the cold case has a connection to the current case. Roy Grace and his team is investigating. I love the authors writing style. He knows how to pull you in and keep you there until you've turned over the final page. I like that we still get personal development to all the main characters, who feel like old friends now. My attention was held throughout. This brilliant series has also been made into a TV series. This book could be read as a standalone, but i recommend you read the series from the beginning if you haven't done so already.

I would like to thank #NetGalley #PanMacmillian and the author #PeterJames for my ARC of #PictureYouDead in exchange for an honest review.

Another brilliant Roy Grace story. I’ve read the whole series and am always waiting for the next to be published. You can read as a stand alone but why do that when you can start at the beginning?
This one starts with a lucky find at a car boot sale and centre’s around the art world and it’s dark side. There are the normal twists you don’t necessarily see coming and it doesn’t disappoint
Highly recommend!

Crime meets Fake or Fortune in this gripping story of murder and art.

This was a great read, especially as it edged nearer to its conclusion.

Masterfully told with an intriguing dip into the art world, Picture You Dead is a fantastic addition to a stellar series.

Without doubt, Peter James is my favourite crime fiction author. His Roy Grace series got me hooked on police procedurals many years ago. I love how he takes a group of quirky, interesting characters and uses them to construct plots that twist and turn in directions you never expect.

Peter James’s careful research brings the story alive, with details adding interest rather than slowing down the plot, which is breathless as it hurtles along with Peter’s typical short chapters and pacy prose. Quite simply, I loved it!

I have read all of the DI Grace books from the beginning and this is a great addition to the series. This latest instalment is a very twisty tale of art works, both genuine and forged, and the lengths that some people will go to in order to have precious things in their own possession.
Initially, there were a lot of different strands to keep track of, the couple who love to scour car boot sales, the burglar doing one last job to steal enough to retire on, the art forger and finally, a murder that was committed 15 years ago but has never been solved. Slowly, all these strands begin to come together and Roy Grace comes to realise that his cold case is maybe not so cold after all.
This book continues the ongoing story of Roy’s personal life and it begins only two weeks after the death of his son Bruno which ended the last book. The book can be read as a stand alone but having read at least some of the preceding novels will add to anyone’s enjoyment of this new story. I loved catching up with Glenn Branson and the rest of Grace’s team and look forward to their next outing.

I’d like to thank Pan MacMillan and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Picture You Dead’, book 18 in the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series and written by Peter James, in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Harry Kipling and his wife Freya like nothing better than wandering round car boot sales on a Sunday morning looking for bargains and when Harry comes across a portrait of an ugly woman in an ornate frame he’s happy to pay £20 for it as the frame is quite beautiful. It isn’t until they get it home that they realise there’s another painting underneath.

‘Picture You Dead’ is another enjoyable police thriller set in the Brighton & Hove district as DCI Roy Grace and his team re-examine a cold case from 2015, that of the unsolved murder of Charlie Porteous the owner of Porteous Fine Arts Gallery. Although the art world doesn’t interest me, we get an interesting insight into the world of art fraud with a dash of Antique Roadshow and a murder or two thrown in for good measure. I didn’t enjoy it as much as ‘Left For Dead’ but it’s still a good solid thriller with all my favourite characters that’s easy to read and kept me guessing.

Picture you Dead by Peter James is the 18th book in the series and another great book in the series. You may be able to read this as a standalone book but there is some parts of the story that is involved bit from the last book. S reading the others is recommended.
Roy Grace has returned to work after the death of his son Bruno. When he gets involved in an old case involving an assault of an Art dealer.
Years on, the Hegarty’s are at a car boot sale when they come across a picture of an old hag, but the frame of the picture is nice and seems to be worth something, so they buy it for £20. When they get it home and by accident, they find that there is a painting underneath the ugly one. They take advice from an old art forger and clean it up. When in the local town. The Antiques roadshow comes to town. So, they bring the picture with them, they really think that the painting is a forgery. But when they show it to the expert, they said it if it is legit, it may be worth 5 million pound. But if they had the other paintings in the collection, it would be worth four times that. A local art dealer sees the episode of the antique show the couple was on and goes to the ends of the earth to get the painting as he has the other paintings in the collection that was supposed to have disappeared in the Nazi occupation.
Roy Grace is leading the investigation when a body turns up outside the art forgers house and is linked to the investigation.
Thank you, Pan Macmillan for a copy of Picture you dead by Peter James. This is another riveting read from the author Peter James. Although it is book 18 the quality of the storyline is still good and lots going on in this story to keep you entertained throughout. It is an interesting story regarding paintings, art dealers, forgery and even murder and the highs and lows of his personal life. But it doesn’t stop him from doing his job. 4 stars from me.

Picture You Dead is the latest in the excellent Roy Grace crime thriller series. This book can be read as a
stand-alone, but I would recommend reading the series and start to enjoy the many mysteries and great characters.
This book is a thoroughly enjoyable read and I would highly recommend it to crime thriller readers

Yet another brilliant book In the Roy Grace series of books.Here Roy and his team are up against a number of murders linked to the art world and the forgeries that dominate it,with Cleo by his side Roy also has to attend his son’s Bruno’s funeral.The case means he is up against some villains who stop at nothing a to get what they want and incudes murder as with all Peter Jame’s books and this is no different the book is very well written and I can’t recommend it highly enough.Another brilliant read from Peter James.

Book 18 in the best selling Roy Grace series is another winner for the author. Reading about the characters is like catching up with old friends for a chat. This book centres around the art world and a couple who find a valuable painting at a car boot sale. There are some interesting characters and the book is well researched. An old adversary makes an appearance and the ending left me wanting more. I am sure fans of the series will enjoy the read. Thanks to Net Galley for my ARC.

Peter James is one of my favourite authors, and this is especially special because it’s a new Roy Grace book, number 18 in the series. Having said that, you could easily read this as a stand-alone, some of the backstory may seem to be extra and unnecessary if you read it this way but I don’t think it would distract from the story. This is how I first got into the series and then went back and read from the beginning.

Grace is understandably devastated by the sudden loss of his son and throws himself into work to try to cope with it all. He and his team are investigating a twenty-year-old murder case of a local art dealer. Meanwhile, Local builder Harry Kipling and his teacher wife, Freya, find a piece of art from a car boot sale for £20, wanting it for the beautiful frame. After they find they have accidently placed it in the sun and it begins t melt they realise that there is another painting underneath. After uncovering it they take it to the Antiques Roadshow to have it valued and find themselves, unknowingly, drawn into the art underworld.

Peter James has written another brilliant novel with this latest instalment. I found the beginning a little slower than normal but got into the story instantly. The main characters run through the series and its great to catch up with whats happening with them. There are some new characters who aer also well developed and, as usual, the victims or perpetrators of the crimes are well explained and drawn beautifully.

The plot held my attention well throughout and I thought I knew what had happened and why throughout but there are enough red herrings to keep you wondering if you have the right idea or not.

I love Normal Potting and his comedy quips, which are often also very cringeworthy. He’s old school and outdated and Grace tries his best to bring him into the new world, but it doesn’t always go down well. He’s one of my favourite characters and brilliantly portrayed.

Who knew the art underworld could be so dangerous and engrossing?

This is a great book for anyone who enjoys a police procedural series, Roy Grace is one of the best. ITV also have Grace as a series which closely follows the books and worth a watch. More seem to be coming out each year and I can’t wait for the next instalment.

I have read all the Roy Grace Dead Series when I first read Dead Simple and became hooked on them. This was a good well written read which held my interest in the storyline.

The characters are all well developed and interesting and I have no hesitation in recommending this book.

Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for this ARC.

Picture You Dead is the latest book in the long running Roy Grace series by Peter James and it is another page turner where the action and twists and turns come thick and fast.

All the regulars reappear as Grace and his team get involved in the world of old paintings.

Some long running series become stale but James keeps managing to keep everything fresh and this reader is already looking forward to the next instalment.

Definitely recommended.

Thanks to NetGalley and The Publisher for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

The tension and atmosphere in this book was so good I couldn't put it down. Another fantastic installment in the Roy Grace series.

The 18th in the series of DS Roy Grace though can be easily read as a stand alone.
Lots of characters which got a bit confusing at times but all managed to come together.
Harry and Freya bought a picture at a car boot sale for £20 only to find out it could be worth millions, then the storyline deepens with lots of art forgery and you don`t know who`s doing what, though it does keep you in suspense till the end.

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC