But sometimes, the morning never comes and as Bruno says from his reading: ‘the most dangerous time to meet unexpected death is on holiday’. The second act focuses entirely on how Roy and Cleo will miraculously escape this scenario and live to fight another day (probably in the next Featuring a spectacular set with a few surprises and an all star cast including Clive Mantle, George Rainsford as Roy Grace and Katie McGlynn, Wish You Were Dead is a dark comedy thriller that takes the audience on a thrilling and entertaining adventure, as Grace unexpectedly finds himself totally out of his comfort zone and right in the line of fire. Above all though, it felt like it was written by an author who had nothing to lose. Which, dare I say it, is probably the case. Certainly the book isn't bad enough to put any of Peter James' fans off reading the next full-length Roy Grace novel, if it gets him any new fans, well, that's a bonus and if it gets more adults into reading, this deserves nothing but praise. However, I'm afraid that my final thoughts were as follows:

firstly, this book had such short chapters i was so grateful i literally breezed through this book through bus rides on the bus to school. Adapted exclusively for the stage, Wish You Were Dead is the latest thrilling instalment of the Grace Our protagonist, Madison, feels responsible since she had taken the first girl, Lucy, home the night she was kidnapped but didn't watch her go in. That's when Lucy got snatched. When other kids start disappearing too, Madison begins investigating. Things get weirder and weirder- the anonymous blogster names names and then, poof, they're gone. Eventually, she gets scared that she's cursed- clearly someone is reading what she writes and acting on it. In the mean time, Madison is seeing people who she has been close to her whole life disappear and desperately trying to make the connection to who could be responsible. Worse than anything, she fears that her new man of interest who just moved into town mysteriously could be involved in some way. Not to mention she's been getting weird anonymous notes on the computer, and now she's finding messages left for her warning her that it's not safe. Clearly someone she knows is involved in this, but who? Am meisten wird aus der Sicht von Madison Archer geschrieben. Ab und an wurden dann noch ihre Freunde kurz beschrieben, was sie taten.

What are the Roy Grace books all about?

Strasser painted several different people as potential suspects, at least in the eyes of Madison. Who to trust and who to avoid were big themes, made worse with the increased fear that came with each missing student. He threw out many postulations, all with strong reasons to be true. I never had any sure line to follow- I didn’t have any more insight into things than Madison did was something I definitely enjoyed. I was as curious and wondering as she was. I was glad after all that this was a standalone, because I could wait a minute longer to find the answers to all the mysteries. I really enjoyed the blog posts of Str-S-d, and the different PoVs, it just gave you an insight on everyone's mind. Also that ending was like a good old horror movie.

The first Roy Grace book, Dead Simple, was released in 2005 by Pan Macmillan. The tagline read, “Four bodies, one suspect, no trace. The first case for Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.” From there, the story begins with a prank gone wrong. Michael Harrison disappears into the big city without a trace. Madison is not the only one feeling guilty. The creator of a blog known as Str-S-d is having second thoughts about her actions. Frustrated with the ever-popular Lucy and her superior attitude, Str-S-d admits that she wishes her dead. Could someone have read her post and taken it seriously enough to actually kill the girl? And is it coincidence when Str-S-d expresses similar death wishes about the other two missing teens? Katie McGlynn (who we recently interviewed) overacted and, in some places, it felt she was shouting her way through some of the tenser scenes instead of developing the fear that was required of the character. It has those mafia vibes, though I don't feel it was ever fully presented except to explain where all these families and people knew each other from (though that could have to do with where I stopped). It was apparent that the characters surrounding the story were from other books. Would I have appreciated the story more if I read those books? I don't know. I'm leaning on no, though. This story didn't draw me in. The characters didn't draw me in. I felt less lost in the story and more like my head was trying to escape it. The dialogue felt too...staged? And I could not get myself to like Rowan. Could not.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2014-02-12 14:53:05.717388 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1147813 Boxid_2 CH130219 City New York Donor