The word 'horny' crops up more than once which is frankly unforgivable. Here's a typical description of one of his co-workers: 'Either she has rocks in her bra or seriously large breasts'. He'd be the worst colleague in the world but I think he's meant to be the hero. Every woman he meets is judged on her looks and he is perpetually aggravated by minutiae. Roy Grace is a really unpleasant character. Tim Bruce was excellent with the delivery of the story I wish I can give this book more than five stars. I have to say that this was one of the best books I have listened to this year based on the unique type of plot and the multiple viewpoints, which in this case gave the story a tremendous amount of suspense. In Dead Simple, it was a great part of the story. I have read books in multiple viewpoints. People might argue that the point of view switches too much but in this book, it’s still easy to follow since Dead Simple is more of a thriller than along with being a mystery. Another great point of creating multiple points of view made the characters even more memorable because the characters are more developed. By doing this, James fills the book with even more suspense since the characters drive the story, making me wonder what was going to happen next. Peter James writes from different points of view in the book, that being the criminals, the victim, and the police. There are several things that make this book even more dynamic.

All this seems to make it even harder for Grace to figure out what happened to Michael. Roy Grace is the detective who has to find Michael but what he doesn’t know is that the prank has led to more questions from Michael’s friends, leaving the listener to wonder if any of Michael’s friends are trustworthy.

That is the basis of Peter James’ first book in the series of Roy Grace, Dead Simple. What starts out as a revenge prank suddenly turns into a thriller.

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