James at his best

Where does Dead Man's Time rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book ranks high amongst my 'listens'. Fist of all the narration is excellent. The story is probably the best of all the Roy Grace books and it has the distinction of eliciting sympathy for one of the shadier characters. I was willing him to commit not one but two murders by the end of the book. I was also pleased that one other man got away with murder too.So that says something about how unusual this story is. There is also quite a delightful twist in the tail. I have a few unanswered questions but all in all a five star book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The old man because I was on his side from page 1 line 1.

What does Daniel Weyman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Daniel Weyman's narration brings the characters to life much more vividly than mere reading ever could and greatly enhances the listening experience. His change of voice and accent for each character never waivers throughout the story and Peter James must be delighted to have such an excellent reader of his book.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but also wanted to make it last as long as possible. Quite a dilemma!

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Great story, again

Thoroughly enjoyable. You don’t really need to have read/kistened to previous books in the series, but it helps.

I found the occasional grammatical error in the narrated book a tad disturbing. But the brain interprets what the eye sees in accordance with what it expects. Perhaps that’s what happened during the narration. Most people would probably not notice the subject-verb non-agreement and the other infelicities, but I’m an editor. LOL.

The story is anyway compelking.

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One of the best so far

Storyline hooked me straight away and kept up the pace to the end. Excellent characters and very well described leaving just enough to the imagination.

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Excellent.

Just what you expect from Peter James. Griping from start to finish perfectly performed again.

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Fab

As usual excellent! I’m really enjoying all of these book in the series.
People say you can read the books out of order as no thread runs through them case wise but you would miss the timelines of the characters lives.

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Gripping

Well read, nice resonant voice. Good plot. Nice twists and cliff hangers. Next please.

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Not exactly memorable

Maybe I shouldn't have jumped from the first in the Roy Grace series to this one because I've obviously missed much of his back story. I was really blown away by the first - loved the pace and suspense and in comparison this felt a bit flat. I can't remember much about the story or how it ended a short while after finishing it, so nothing about it particularly stuck out. I'm not saying it was terrible - I liked it enough to see it through to the end, but it wasn't a remarkable story or a page turner. Great narrator though.

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gripping needed to know what happened

A good twist each word was gripping my first murder mystery already downloaded the next book not my normal thing loved it a new fan x

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Another fantastic listen

Another great listen from Peter James - I thought I might give up on Roy Grace but this book sparked my interest again

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Another Good thriller from Peter James.

Another good thriller from Peter James the story involves the murder of the young Gavin Daly's mother, and the abduction, disappearance and probable murder of his New York Gang Leader father back in 1922.

Whilst waiting on the docks with his aunt and older sister for a boat to his aunts homeland of Ireland they are approached by a young man and handed a bag containing his father's Patek Phillippe pocket watch, his gun, together with a piece of paper with a sequence of numbers, and told by the man to 'watch the numbers'.

Fast forward to present day Brighton, and Detective Superintendent Roy Grace must solve the brutal robbery at a secluded mansion, the theft of millions of pounds’ worth of antiques and the death of the elderly occupant.

Gavin Daly, the victim’s brother and retired antiques dealer vows revenge for the torture and murder of his sister, and the theft of the only link to his father his priceless Patek Phillippe watch.

A very good thriller, thoroughly absorbing.

Good narration by Daniel Weyman.

Reccomended.

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