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Mystery · 2020 · PG-13

Find Them Dead

by Peter James

A jury member is being blackmailed — and the man on trial has nothing to lose.

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace unearths a powerful criminal network in the sinister crime novel Find Them Dead, by award winning author Peter James. Ending his secondment to London’s Met Police, Roy Grace gets a tip-off about a drugs mastermind operating out of Brighton. On his first day back in his old job, he is called to a seemingly senseless murder. Gradually, Grace’s investigation draws him into the evil sphere of an utterly ruthless drug dealer on trial. A man prepared to order the death of anyone it takes to enable him to walk free from court. Sitting in the jury is Meg Magellan, wh

For14+GenreMysteryLength390 pagesRead time~10 hours

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Violence

Some

Organised crime violence and associated threats; serious but not gratuitously graphic

Language

Some

Some strong language in a crime thriller context

Sexual Content

Barely any

No significant sexual content

Substance Use

Some

Drug trafficking is the central crime; depicted critically

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Blackmail of an ordinary person and the threat to her family create high sustained tension

What this book is about

A Brighton jury member finds herself under pressure from an organised crime network connected to the defendant in a major drug trial. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace races to protect her while building a case against one of the most dangerous criminal operations he has ever faced. The seventeenth Roy Grace thriller is a tautly constructed procedural exploring the terrifying reach of organised crime into ordinary lives.

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Jury tampering and blackmail

Organised crime drug trade

Family in danger

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