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Dead at First Sight: A Sinister Crime Thriller (Roy Grace Book 15) Kindle Edition

by Peter James (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Detective Superintendent Roy Grace exposes the dark side of internet dating in the intriguing crime novel Dead at First Sight, by award winning author Peter James.

A man waits at a London airport for the love of his life to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired cop waits in a bar in Florida’s Key West for his first date with the lady who is his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they’ve been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world – and that neither women exist.

In the same week, Roy Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton, that is clearly not what it seems. As his investigations continue, a handsome motivational speaker comes forward. He’s discovered his identity is being used to scam eleven different women online. The first he knew of it was a phone call from one of them saying, ‘You don’t know me, but I thought I knew you’.

That woman is now dead.

Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. Can he bring down the murderous global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams?

Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Dead at First Sight is the fifteenth title in the bestselling series. Discover more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Find Them Dead and Left You Dead.

Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.

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"In my thirty four years of policing, never have I come across a writer who so accurately depicts "The Job." —Detective Investigator Pat Lanigan, Office of the District Attorney, NYPD

“Not since Judith Rossner’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar has a novel so wrenchingly portrayed the perils of looking for love in all the wrong places…Not to be missed.” --Booklist

"Immensely satisfying. . . . The action hurtles to a shattering conclusion." —Publishers Weekly starred review of Love You Dead

"Grace is a detective known for his human touch." —New York Times on Need You Dead

About the Author

Peter James is a New York Times-bestselling writer of crime fiction. His novels, which include the bestselling Roy Grace series, have been translated into 36 languages, with worldwide sales of 19 million copies. 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KPM9SMD
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan (May 16, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2480 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 561 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1509816410
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Peter James is a UK No.1 bestselling author, best known for his Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, now a hit ITV drama starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper.

Much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters, and accurate portrayal of modern day policing, he has won over 40 awards for his work including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger.

To date, Peter has written an impressive total of 19 Sunday Times No. 1s, sold over 21 million copies worldwide and been translated into 38 languages. His books are also often adapted for the stage – the most recent being Looking Good Dead.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Peter James at the top of his game
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2019
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I have changed my previous policy of giving light, recreational reading a maximum of 4 stars. (you may upgrade pre-2019, 4-star reviews to 5 stars retroactively.) Now all books are eligible for 5 stars. I really enjoyed this book. Good story, solid characters, great dialogue. Plot is advanced by nuance and dialogue rather than pure exposition. Narrative expertly draws the reader into the story, making it difficult to pause the reading. The villains are wicked without being perverted. They prey upon trusting people who fall in love on internet dating sites. I do not remember any disturbing sexual or violent scenes, and thought the language was realistic without being unnecessarily profane or obscene. Your tolerance may vary. I have enjoyed all of the books in this series, some more than others. This one is tops.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Another good book
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023
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This book is good but not my favorite. It makes the internet a frightening place. This probably really is going on. There is no new invention man can't corrupt in some way, usually to be profitable
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another satisfying mystery!
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2019
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Peter James has again found an interesting criminal pursuit to explore. While most people know about identity theft and the negative complications it visits upon the victim, the Internet Romance fraud explored in this novel may be something new.

The story brings back Roy Grace’s team of varied police characters and his nemeses, including his boss and an international hit man who escaped thanks to Roy’s boss’ poor judgment. We learn more about Roy’s family, including his newly met son, Bruno, who is a conundrum to Roy and Cleo.

The mystery involves identifying the numerous tendrils of crime involved in the Internet fraud and exploring the devastating experiences had by the victims. We also learn of the causative backgrounds of some of those running the fraudulent schemes, touching on the terrible consequences of the violence so prevalent in today’s world.

The story has an understated but satisfying conclusion with promise of more Roy Grace stories to come.
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Kritik Lover
3.0 out of 5 stars A little complicated
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2019
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I look forward to each new Roy Grace novel and enjoyed this one too, but....there were so many characters that it got a little confusing at times and there were bits that made no sense. Johnny has lost everything in a scam, can’t pay his mortgage, but can pay for a last minute transAtlantic flight to accomplish something that could have been done via FaceTime. I am disturbed at how little attention is being paid to Bruno who obviously has serious problems. Grace keeps getting interrupted as he tries to deal with him, yet accepts a job that will add hours to his commute which dumps the problem of Bruno on Cleo. I’m also troubled by how peripheral a character Cleo is becoming. These are all fixable problems and I hope to see some of them resolved in the next installment.
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Manuela Freitag
5.0 out of 5 stars The story starts on page one
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2022
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Very good read! No page long descriptions of anything or anybody. We get to know the characters from the story and what we need to know about the scenery without fuss. Interesting and exciting from front to back.
My kind of crime novel.
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Steve in Gretna
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good British Series
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021
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A very entertaining read. Well plotted. Fast paced with interesting characters.
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Bob Squirrell
5.0 out of 5 stars Dead good!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020
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Well up to Peter James' usual high standards of subject matter, plot and detailed research. Brighton is such an interesting and intriguing English holiday resort with some very famous really nasty historical episodes, and Peter manages to capture the atmosphere perfectly. Again.
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Rex van Olst
4.0 out of 5 stars A. Book that I was expecting this year
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019
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An extremely realistic and authentic plot for which I was surprised to read just how common internet romance fraud is these days, as well as its catastrophic consequences !
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Marie Simon
5.0 out of 5 stars Dead at First Sight
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2023
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Très bon
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Hils
5.0 out of 5 stars Dead series.
Reviewed in France on October 8, 2023
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Excellent read.
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Stuart Nutt
5.0 out of 5 stars Topical Roy Grace detective story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 10, 2023
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Another well researched detective story from Peter James. Highly topical subject of international internet romance fraud builds towards an exciting conclusion.
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Anuj
1.0 out of 5 stars Very bad
Reviewed in India on September 23, 2019
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I downloaded the book thinking it was James patterson. 🤦‍♂️. The first half of the book is so boring and sooo many characters. It’s even more confusing cause lot of names used are unisex. I just don’t like British author’s narrative. All of them seem to remake along aimlessly. The second half gets a bit better but compared to other books, can definitely skip this one. Took me 15 days to go through it forcefully.
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Andreas Halwer
5.0 out of 5 stars Spannend bis zum Ende
Reviewed in Germany on June 9, 2019
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Roy Grace wie immer in Höchstform - obwohl sein fieser Chef und Sohn Bruno nerven löst er den Fall wie immer. Spannender und gut zu lesender Krimi, auch für einen Deutsch-Muttersprachler. Erscheint ja schließlich eher in Englisch.
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