Book info

• Title Dead Man's Grip
• Author Peter James
• Year 2011
• Genre Mystery

It's a race against time as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace tries to stop a grieving mother from taking the law into her own hands... A university student is killed in a tragic traffic accident while riding their bicycle. When two of the drivers involved are hunted down by a sadistic killer, Grace knows that the third driver, Carly Chase, may be next. Carly, a solicitor, believes hiding is not an option and heads to New York to speak with the cyclist’s mother. But Grace knows about the mother’s underworld connections and that the family will stop at nothing to take an eye for an eye...

Thoughts

This is a pretty good Grace mystery story - not quite the heights of other books, but definitely an improvement on my least favourite ones. We start with a seemingly innocuous, if rather gruesome traffic accident, and that gradually becomes a sprawling investigation across two continents. Meanwhile, we have Grace’s personal life ratcheting up a notch, and the intriguing glimpses into what Sandy is doing now. Loving this series, and will definitely keep reading.

Rating: 3 / 5