Wish You Were Dead: Quick Reads: A Quick Reads Short Story featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace

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Short stories are often hard to gauge if you’re used to novels and harder to quantify in terms of impact and value. I was glad after all that this was a standalone, because I could wait a minute longer to find the answers to all the mysteries. I really enjoyed the blog posts of Str-S-d, and the different PoVs, it just gave you an insight on everyone's mind. Also that ending was like a good old horror movie. from the way rowan treat Jane OBSESSED i don’t think i would be able to get over him but also the plot twist in this book 1000% would have never seen it coming like when we got a hint that it would have been ****** i was like are you sure i think it is the father but turns out they were both guilty in different ways i am absolutely disgusted with those two people also it got me a bit annoyed when he called Thalia messy idk way it not like he is exactly wrong but i don’t know At the crux of Act 1 (spoiler), the Vicomte reveals himself to be Curtis, a notorious crime lord from Brighton who blames Grace for the death of his son. Madam L’Eveque is revealed to be Curtis’ daughter0in-law and both are soon joined by another family member, Brent, with the whole facade having been set up to allow the family to exact their revenge. Todd Strasser is an American author of more than 130 novels for adults, young-adults, and middle graders.

The characters were stereotypical to be honest - they are the rich, young kids who are living in private school and its set in a typical YA manner - a high school. It's all right though, as Tyler offered a breath of fresh air as well as Sharon and Laurie. Not many books delve in the topic of homosexuality too.The book "Wish You Were Dead" is a similar version of another story written by Lois Duncan, "I Know what you did Last Summer". Madison Archer, a student of Soundview High school suddenly gets mysterious death threats after her best friend had disappeared. In addition, a blogger called Str-s-d posts up blogs of how much he/she wants the popular kids to drop dead. Time is running out. Madison needs to find out who is behind this whole puzzle scheme before she is next! Cause I might be going to California soon and wanted to see if you will be there at the same time I will and I wanted to see if I could room with you while I am in California." Sie wünscht der Lucy den Tod. Paar Tage später verschwindet diese mitten in der Nacht vor dem Haus ihrer Eltern. Danach bloggt sie weiter und immer mehr Kommentare bekommt sie. When Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and Cleo Morey take their first holiday together, they hope for a few days away from their dark worlds of murder and the mortuary. But their dream escape turns out to be the holiday from hell. The set design by Michael Holt effortlessly captures the detail and essence of the place as described in James’s programme notes. There are dead animal heads coming out of the walls of the main room, a large and ominous painting of the crucifixion in the bedroom and, thrown in for good measure, a full suit of armour that looks like it could easily be concealing a live or dead body on the staircase. lightning, rain and thunder

The first Roy Grace book, Dead Simple, was released in 2005 by Pan Macmillan. The tagline read, “Four bodies, one suspect, no trace. The first case for Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.” From there, the story begins with a prank gone wrong. Michael Harrison disappears into the big city without a trace. I don't want to give too much away so I'll just say this is a wonderful creepy thriller filled with suspense and nail biting moments. A fun who-dun-it! Tightly wound and compelling ... appropriate for an older middle school and high school audience. VERDICT: Highly recommended.” – School Library Journal As days pass with no sign of the missing girl, even the attention of Tyler, an attractive new student, is not enough to distract Madison from her growing sense of foreboding. When two more popular students disappear after their names are mentioned on Str-S-d’s blog, the residents of Soundview panic.The chapters are short which helps to move the story along at super speed. The point of views change from the anonymous blogger, to Madison and then best of all, we get to hear what the kidnapper/killer is saying to his or her captives (we don't know who the killer is until the end). Above all though, it felt like it was written by an author who had nothing to lose. Which, dare I say it, is probably the case. Certainly the book isn't bad enough to put any of Peter James' fans off reading the next full-length Roy Grace novel, if it gets him any new fans, well, that's a bonus and if it gets more adults into reading, this deserves nothing but praise. However, I'm afraid that my final thoughts were as follows:

Jane was a strong female lead who went through a very difficult traumatic thing (don’t wanna spoil it) that caused her to go silent with fear, her muteness was a different twist to the story and I loved seeing her grow stronger and stronger, day by day, I adored this book. It had everything a good thriller book should. A ton of mysteries to solve, a few red herrings, multiple (and usually messed up) PoVs, and a nail-biting ending. First I thought that Tyler is a little bit strange (the rich bitch comment and how he acted all along the car drive) There was a time when I hated him he left Madison in trouble which was caused by both of them, he acted like it was all Madison's fault. He did other questionable things too, but these became totally understandable after we get to know his story still I never really forgave him for making Madison take the guilt.

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This book is followed by a young woman named Jane. She underwent such a harrowing event that it rendered her mute. I adored the way Jaclin portrayed a strong woman who express herself through signing, particularly when she refused to take crap from Rowan. Lucy Cunningham is the most popular girl attending Soundview High. She is drop dead gorgeous and stunningly attractive - everyone wishes to stand in her shoes. That is, until one night Lucy is mysteriously kidnapped after receiving a ride home. If you are an avid fan of Peter James and his works, like I am, you will appreciate the references to other characters and stories within the Roy Grace universe but will wonder why they chose to adapt this book when there is a myriad of other options.