Dead Man's Footsteps

Roy Grace, Book 4

De: Peter James

Narrado por: David Bauckham

The discovery of a woman's body and a link to the events of 9/11 takes Detective Superintendent Roy Grace around the world in Dead Man's Footsteps, by award winning crime author Peter James.

Amid the tragic 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.

Six years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman's body in a storm drain in Brighton leads Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton.

Although the Roy Grace novels can be listened to in any order, Dead Man's Footsteps is the fourth gripping title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Dead Tomorrow and Dead Like You.

Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.

*****

23 million copies sold.

Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla’s favourite fictional detective.

'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' – Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series

'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers and therefore one of the best in the world' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

'One of the world’s most popular detective series' – The Guardian

©2008 Really Scary Books / Peter James (P)2016 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Very interesting story.

I liked the narrator of the first 3 titles a little better. Otherwise a very good book.

Good story but.......

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

This is the first audiobook I have listened to so I will have to give it a high rating with nothing to compare it to.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The plot did not keep me on the edge of my seat but I was certainly anxious to find out what was going to happen.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The last sentence of the book grabbed me hard as I was not expecting it.

Any additional comments?

I love Peter James' books and am trying to go through them in order which is why I had to get this one on audiobook as well as the next one. Neither of those is availale on Kindle. Be that as it may, this book grabbed me as they all do, however, I thought it was too long. I could have done without the long elevator scene and all the happenings in NY on 911. I think some of that was absolutely necessary for the plot but after a while it began to drag. I was beginning to wish the elevator cable would just go on and snap. Still, it was a good book and I particularly enjoyed the reader. His different voices and accents helped bring the book alive.

Good book and great reader

I had read another of Peter James's book, Dead Like You, and I like this a good bit better. This one clipped along at a faster, more interesting pace. And the reader sounds like Neil Gaiman whom I adore!
As I said about Dead Like You, Mr. James is a bit fascinated with urine-soaked clothing, but less so in this book than Dead Like You.
I think it's worth reading. I plan to give one more of his books a try to see if I want to listen to all of them!

Bewdy bottler bonza Ozzie accents - mate :)

Ronnie, an Underbelly spiv from the UK seaside town of Brighton is about to lose the lot. He himself, has disposed of some of his assetts and it seems that reposession agents are to take his car, his house and various other assets. His 'schemes' have let him down. He makes a last ditch attempt to pitch a new scheme to an American contact and maybe, just maybe save his little empire. The pitch is to be made at a meeting set in one of the twin towers New York on the fateful 9/11. The devastation of 9/11 ends Ronnies chances and he swings into a whole new escape plan... he will disappear... die in the disaster... and reappear somewhere else as a new man with just a few remaining assets (fabulous stamp collections) to set himself up as a new man.
The weaving and diving required to achieve this leads investigators from Brighton England to the US and to Australia. Urgency becomes the word as the plot twists and snakes towards its climax.
Believable plot. Characters fleshed out just enough for me to empathise with some and dislike others. Narration was great except the particular Australian accent the reader used hasn't been heard out here in Oz since the 1950s and some of the action took place at Geelong which we pronounce Gee (up neddy) long Geelong not ghee (indian oil) long Gheelong.... just a little giggle there. oh and while we're at it ... Melbourne is pronounced Melbun out here in Oz
Back to the book... a good romp along story . Most enjoyable.

Gripping!

A gripping tale with appropriate twists, very good listening. Enjoyed the narrator, except for the Australian accents - and it is Geelong with first 'g' pronounced as a 'j'. Took me quite a while to work out where the author was referring to... This did not detract from the story of course

Great story but an appalling narrator

Peter James has written a great story with wonderful twists and turns. However, the narrator needs to learn how to pronounce a lot of the words i.e. Diamonte, Melbourne, scallops, Shiraz, to name a few. These words are used quite frequently and it is so annoying to hear them mispronounced over and over and over again. You’d think editors &/or directors would have picked up on these things. Also the Australian accents were outrageously bad.

a 3.5 if I could

This book maintains interest. The characters are interesting and the plot moves along at a decent pace. A few unbelievable turns but overall a very good read!

Accents and place names

I get it that accents are hard - if you can’t do the accent, don’t. Just say “he said in his Australian accent” and then speak normally. The narrator’s Australian accent was so far off, it was really irritating (and actually sounded patronising, though I’m sure this was not the intent).
If the place names in the book are real, please pronounce them properly - it’s easy to look it up. Geelong, Barwon, Pentagon (the building in USA, not the shape) and Melbourne.
That said, the narration was mostly fine. The story was great.

Dead Man's Footsteps

The more I read this series, the more i enjoy them, slowly catching up. Will definitely be reading more. The narration is excellent.

Good listen

A satisfying read - fast paced and with largely credible characters. It's a story with several narrative threads that the author takes time to weave together but works well.