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Some will wait a lifetime to take their revenge. . .
A vicious robbery at a secluded Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant dying. Millions of pounds' worth of valuables have been stolen.
But as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, heading the enquiry, rapidly learns, there is one priceless item of sentimental value that her powerful family cherish above all else. And they are fully prepared to take the law into their own hands, and will do anything - absolutely anything - to get it back.
Within days, Grace is racing against the clock, following a murderous trail that leads him from the shady antiques world of Brighton, across Europe, and all the way back to the New York waterfront gang struggles of 1922, chasing a killer driven by the force of one man's greed and another man's fury.
Dead Man's Time is the ninth novel in the multi-million copy bestselling Roy Grace series, from the number one chart topper, Peter James.
- Sales Rank: #67439 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-06-06
- Released on: 2013-06-06
- Format: Kindle eBook
- Number of items: 1
From Publishers Weekly
In James's absorbing ninth crime novel featuring Det. Supt. Roy Grace (after 2012's Not Dead Yet), Grace investigates the torture murder of 98-year-old Aileen McWhirter and the theft of £10 million in valuable antiques, including a rare 1910 Patek Philippe watch, from her Brighton home. Despite the watch's high monetary value, it's the sentimental value that makes 95-year-old Gavin Daly, Aileen's brother, desperate to recover it, avenge his sister, and discover the fate of his father, who was kidnapped in New York City in 1922 and never seen again. While the police pursue various angles, Gavin's reckless son, Lucas Daly, takes direct, violent action. In two meaty subplots, ex-con Amis Smallbone plots terrible vengeance on Grace via his lover, Cleo Morey, and their infant son, Noah; and Grace's ex-wife, Sandy, plans surprises almost equally terrible. The crisp action, which shifts from Sussex to Spain's Costa del Sol and New York, includes several well-concealed closing twists. Agent: Carole Blake, Blake Friedmann Literary. (Oct.)
From Booklist
Brendan Daly, a member of the Irish White Hand gang, which ran the waterfront in Manhattan and Brooklyn during the 1920s, disappeared when his son, Gavin, was five, leaving Gavin with three things: a revolver, a cracked pocket watch, and a list of names and numbers. Despite a successful career in the antique business, Gavin, now 95, has always dreamed of solving his pa’s disappearance. When Gavin’s beloved older sister is tortured to death and the pocket watch—now extremely valuable—is stolen, Gavin calls on his contacts in the antique business to help recover the watch and avenge his sister, even as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Sussex Police is following a similar trail. While Grace’s investigation is littered with bodies, his home seems idyllic: memories of his wife, Sandy, who disappeared years ago, are less painful, and loving partner Cleo and their infant son light up his life. That’s about to change, however, thanks to an ex-con out for revenge. Another strong entry in acclaimed British crime novelist James popular series. --Stephanie Zvirin
Review
“Few authors can dish out thrills and suspense as readily as James, and his ninth DS Roy Grace procedural is heady proof. Nonstop action . . . perfect for Gangs of New York fans.” ―Library Journal
“Increasingly deserves to be measured against the best in the genre.” ―Kirkus
“All wittily told.” ―RT Book Reviews 'Top Pick!'
“Tightly-plotted and historically accurate, Dead Man's Time is a wild ride through past and present.” ―CurledUp.com
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Enter Father Grace
By prisrob
Detective Superintedent Roy Grace is tired, exhausted as is his soon to be wife, Chole. They have a new seven week old son, Noah. As all parents know, the first year in a child's life is one of little sleep for the parents. Grace is worried that this lack of sleep will interfere with his job. One of his colleagues keeps interjecting his thoughts about how love leaves after a child enters the picture. What worries the new father has, as if he does't have enough troubles with a new murder to solve.
The victim, Aileen McWhirter, 92, is tortured to obtain the details of the combination of her safe as well as her bank account details. The thieves steal more than antiques, it turns out a valuables Patek Phillipe watch, a family heirloom has gone missing. Gavin Daly, Aileen's brother, is a very rich man who made his money via antiques. His son, Lucas it seems is a drug addict, and he and his father do not get on well. However, Daly and his son are determined to get the watch back, never mind the rest of the antiques. And,they work against the police which sets Grace's nerves on edge.
The mystery of the watch is a terrific plot, and the writing is solid and entertaining. There are several interesting twists and turns. And, of course, Sandy, the former lost wife, turns up while seeing a therapist in Germany. This part of the series has become so dull that I have come to dislike Sandy. She is not interesting nor a part of he plot that I want.
One of Grace's former prisoners, who hates Grace with a passion, is out on parole, and he is set to enact revenge. This part of the storyline is a litte off base, but brings some interest. Grace's travel to New York City is a part of the book that could have been deleted. Like Officer Cobb, I don't understand why Grace feels the need to be there.
One of Grace's colleagues is always eating Red Maltesers, and I finally googled to find out what they are:
'Maltesers are a confectionery product manufactured by Mars, Incorporated. Maltesers consist of a roughly spherical malt honeycomb centre, surrounded by milk chocolate. They are most popular in Denmark, the UK, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland, Canada, France, Hong Kong, and Portugal. Maltesers are also one of the types of sweet included in Mars's Revels assortment.' Wiki
I found it tough going in the first third of this book, but it picked up and it became a fast paced mystery, the kind I love.
Recommended. prisrob 06-20-13
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
It's a fair cop...
By Raven
Right, time for a startling confession. I have to date only read one Peter James book- shame on me. So when I was approached to read and review Dead Man's Time I was looking forward to the opportunity of re-entering D.I. Roy Grace's world albeit with a seven book hiatus. In a way this has worked in my favour as I cannot have been said to be influenced by the other books, nor can this give me cause to compare this one to its predecessors in terms of style and character development, so it was really quite nice to read this in a vacuum unhindered, as I sometimes am, by the weight of those books in a series that have gone before!
I think was an interesting authorial experiment on the behalf of James as the action in the book pivots between the UK, Spain and America to accommodate the needs of the plot. The book opens in 1920`s New York, as a young boy's mother is killed and his father is spirited away by some ne'er-do-wells, immediately piquing my interest, but we are quickly settled back into present day Brighton, with Grace investigating a particularly heinous home invasion and the murder of its elderly occupant. It gradually unfolds that these two events either side of the Atlantic are related, and as the dead woman's brother, nonagenarian Gavin Daly- a man with his own shady past- seeks his personal revenge on those responsible, Grace becomes embroiled in a tale of greed and murder that inevitably comes a little too close to his own doorstep. I don't know if it's just a personal foible on my part, but I did feel that as a reader I had the uncomfortable sensation of treading water a little, during certain parts of the UK based part of the book. There seemed to be a quite laborious journey to who was behind the whole robbery and why, and how by some dubious coincidences Grace's nearest and dearest come to be threatened, along with a swift trip to Marbella by Daly's odious son Lucas, and oafish hard man sidekick, to deal with some miscreants and a random diversion to Germany for Grace's ex-partner Sandy to vent at her therapist. But, fear not, the book increases in excitement one hundred fold when Gavin Daly plus odious son Lucas, the ineffable Roy Grace and a couple of his colleagues all hotfoot it to America for the final denouement. I loved this section of the book, bemoaning the fact that it couldn't be longer, and loved the interplay between Grace and his American counterparts, the depiction of New York and its environs, and the brilliant Gavin Daly wreaking his revenge for the sins of the past. Excellent, but a long time in coming and rudely interrupted by Grace's irritating other half, Cleo- despite being showered by police protection after a storm in a teacup incident- making him come home. No. Let him stay a bit longer to hang out with the cool cops!
As the previous paragraph shows I did have issues with some of the supporting cast, but I do like Roy Grace- he's so thoroughly decent and upstanding which proved a nice counterpoint to my personal preference of the more maverick and tortured souls who reside in law enforcement. I like his personal mantra that "he would never stop fighting his corner for the murder victims. He would work around the clock night and day to catch and lock up the perpetrators. And mostly, so far in his career, he had succeeded." A good cop with a prodigious sense of right and wrong, ingrained with a wry humour and a natural empathy to those around him. I found the focus on his tedious home life a little too intrusive and disempowering throughout, but thought his character really came to the fore when involved in the cut and thrust of the investigation, and when interacting with suspects and colleagues.
The other standout character for me was the wily Gavin Daly, a man defined by his father's disappearance in the era of Irish gangs in New York (the history of which was seamlessly woven into the central plot), and his lifelong ambition to find the truth behind his father's disappearance and his final resting place. I thought this back story and the characterisation of Gavin himself gave some real backbone to the overall narrative arc, and his steely determination made him an admirable adversary not only for those who had sinned against him but in his cat and mouse relationship with Grace.
So despite a couple of quibbles, overall I quite enjoyed my return to the world of Peter James with Dead Man's Time. I felt quite at home in the company of Roy Grace- our thoroughly decent detective- and thankfully the American aspects of the book, both in the terms of gang history and the relocation of the action to New York- lifted this from, for me personally, a slightly average read, to a slightly more exciting one. Not bad, not brilliant.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
brilliant
By Harley
This is right on target for the Roy Grace series. The plot is interesting, we catch up with some of our old friends and the scene shifts from Brighton to Spain to New York. I suppose there are issues if you want to nitpick but I am grading it on how much I enjoyed it. Given it is an entry in a long running series it could have been different. Sometimes such books come across as rote, a repetition of a formula that the author is bored with but obligated to perform under pressure from his publisher. This however stands on its own. It holds the attention and I read it within 24 hours. I deliberately have avoided a plot summary as others here have provided way too much detail. On one negative or rather frustrating note Sandy is still missing and we are tantalised with glimpses into her life. Still no resolution. I recommend this highly if you like your police procedurals but read the earlier ones first.
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