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

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Our protagonist, Madison, feels responsible since she had taken the first girl, Lucy, home the night she was kidnapped but didn't watch her go in. That's when Lucy got snatched. When other kids start disappearing too, Madison begins investigating. It has those mafia vibes, though I don't feel it was ever fully presented except to explain where all these families and people knew each other from (though that could have to do with where I stopped). It was apparent that the characters surrounding the story were from other books. Would I have appreciated the story more if I read those books? I don't know. I'm leaning on no, though. This story didn't draw me in. The characters didn't draw me in. I felt less lost in the story and more like my head was trying to escape it. The dialogue felt too...staged? And I could not get myself to like Rowan. Could not.

Revenge for the high school downtrodden was an interesting premise but overall the book didn't fully work for me. I do give credit to the author for being willing to kill off a couple of the kidnapping victims rather than having them all miraculously survive. Especially since the heroine was close to one of those who didn't make it. This book is a bit of a hybrid; it switches between focusing on a blog written by one of the characters (we don't know who) complaining about the popular people at school and a narrative focusing on Madison Archer, a rich, semi-popular girl who has always treated everyone nicely. The book is set in a quiet, private, affluent suburb with no crime or weird events. That is, of course, until the most popular and snotty girl in the school disappears shortly after she is dropped off by Safe Rides, a volunteer program that Madison works for. And wouldn't you know it? Our blogger just happened to wish that she would disappear... If you've never known someone your own age who's died, you can't imagine what it feels like. It's as if you were walking on a glass floor and it suddenly shatters and now you're falling and falling and there's broken glass in the air all around you and no bottom in sight.”Wish You Were Dead has definitely whetted my appetite to go and read Peter James books and was pretty entertaining but overall it really didn’t do it for me. It is a well-put-together show with a great cast, but the story just wasn’t right. To my mind, and again without giving anything away, there were some rather large plot holes that didn’t really make sense either in the overall narrative or the characters we came to. The entire plot of this book was so good, I was completely obsessed from the very first chapter. I loved Rowan and Jane soooooo much, they gave me life and I couldn’t get enough I literally read it in less then a day. Jane and Rowan both went through so much in such a young age at that. They didn't deserve anything that happened to them. When I read about what Rowan went through I could not hold in anymore. I felt so bad for him cause he did not deserve all that. But they both were so strong after going through such traumatic experiences🥹

Desperate for a bit of fun in the sun, they set off to France for a week of rest and relaxation, but things don’t go entirely to plan. When the humorous French hostess greets them at the eerie chateau they’ve booked in to, they begin to wonder if their week in paradise might become the holiday from hell.Many characters in the Roy Grace books turn to Grace as a kind of shining light in their time of darkness. His personable appearance and kind heart makes him easy for victims to talk to and trust, and Grace delivers on that trust nearly every time. Adapted exclusively for the stage, Wish You Were Dead is the latest thrilling instalment of the Grace Series – the most successful modern-day crime stage franchise, since Agatha Christie. I can’t wait for everyone to read this book. Definitely recommend. The spicy scenes are ✨ immaculate.✨ Please do read the trigger warnings before hand. 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. DNF'd by 50%] I appreciate the trigger warnings the author placed early on, especially since the story starts with a traumatic event. From what I could force myself to read, it has the bodyguard trope, some mafia vibes, insta!love, and dark romance tones.

Join DSI Roy Grace and Cleo Morley as they take their first family holiday together and a well earned break from their crime solving exploits. Strasser also does a good job of making you feel ambivalent about the kids who get kidnapped. I mean, you start thinking that if they hadn't been such jerks, perhaps they wouldn't be in this mess. It gets you thinking. Madison and Tyler are good characters who seem to follow a logical path on their investigation. There are a couple of subplots that play out well in the end, a few red herrings and interesting twists. And as far as relationships went, they were portrayed well. This was a new to me author and I enjoyed her book. One thing I should state though is the plot line had either holes, loose ends, or in some cases things mentioned were left unexplained and characters were unreasonably introduced. James has also served two terms as Chair of the UK Crime Writers Association, and is also a board member of International Thriller Writers in the United States. What’s next for Roy Grace?With all of her little teaser posts, my girl Jaclin made me incredibly eager to read this book, and she was kind enough to give me an ARC so I could start reading it early. And my expectations for this book was met. A truly brilliant story…incredibly entertaining and truly kept us on the edge of our seat…‘perfect for anyone who enjoys a crime drama!’ Featuring a spectacular set with a few surprises and an all star cast including Clive Mantle, George Rainsford as Roy Grace and Katie McGlynn, Wish You Were Dead is a dark comedy thriller that takes the audience on a thrilling and entertaining adventure, as Grace unexpectedly finds himself totally out of his comfort zone and right in the line of fire. When her friend, Lucy, disappears after being dropped off at her house by Madison and her Safe Ride partner, she feels guilty. The rules of Safe Ride state that the person being dropped off should be witnessed entering his/her home. Madison was pretty annoyed with Lucy and her better-than-everyone attitude that night, and when Lucy stubbornly continued to hang around on her front walk, Madison and Tyler just left her. The first act does well to build the suspicion of something being seriously wrong, aided by well-timed lighting cues and ominous swells of sinister music. The set design by Michael Holt adds a gloomy and threatening feel to the scenes which are being played out, giving an unmistakeable sense of impending doom. It is very reminiscent of And Then There Were None and The Mousetrap but the dialogue and the pacing of the storytelling

This story tells us how many bad things can happen on the internet, how cruel and crazy some people are, how from a "little bullying" can come something so bad like you couldn't imagine before, how little things can affect people's life. Everyone should be more careful what things they write on the internet because anyone can read it after they uploaded it. The book the play is based on was inspired by a holiday James had in the South of France in 2018. Plagued by roadworks and problems with the Sat Nav, he eventually arrived at a chateau that was somewhere between a hotel and a guest house, and which appeared to be staffed by the undead. Meanwhile, Madison receives anonymous notes warning that she could be next. Desperate to solve the mystery before anyone else disappears, Madison turns to Tyler, but can she trust him when it becomes clear that he knows more than he’s sharing? Her bodyguard Rowan was just yummy 😩🤚🏻 the man was ✨obsessed ✨ with her and I was here for it, there were so many little twists and moments that had me gasping 😭i loved jane, she was honestly so sweet but she had that fire in her which i really related to, she has been through something which made her mute at her own accord, but she has proven time and time again how strong she is.