Dead Man's Time (Ds Roy Grace 09)

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The author still lives in the UK dividing his time between his house in Brighton and his apartment in London (Notting Hill).

Whether it was being completely unsurprised by the "reveal" of something telegraphed in flaming 18 foot high letters umpteen of the (three-page-long) chapters ago, or being completely surprised that he'd managed to produce yet another sentence even more Partridge-ly ungainly than I'd ever thought possible even two pages ago, yet alone before I picked up this waste of trees, or rolling my eyes at another paper-thin cliche piece of characterisation or laughably not-credible coincidence. And that by delving back into the past - a time in which we see Grace and his missing wife Sandy still apparently happy together - he may find the key to unlocking the current mystery. As with his other books it wasn't hard to keep track of the stories between then and the present day nor was it hard to believe it, one of the best things about James' books are how believable and real they feel.I'm not a major fan of UK based crime (Billingham and Rankin apart), but I do enjoy these stories of the Brighton based cop and his sidekicks.

By the time this mystery is finally "revealed" some 40 pages later the apathy could hardly be more total. Amid the tragic unfolding mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne’er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline: to shed his debts, disappear and reinvent himself in another country. She has just driven into the underground car park beneath the block of flats where they live in Brighton. However, the story this time around didn’t grab me quite so much as with the other books, and the ongoing saga of missing wife Sandy is getting a tad irritating (though things are moving forwards).He first attended Charterhouse School, followed by Ravensbourne Film School, a London University with Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in fashion, design, and broadcasting.