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Picture You Dead
Picture You Dead | Peter James
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Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of Peter Jamess award-winning detective series, which is now a major ITV programme starring John Simm as Roy Grace. Harry and Freya, an ordinary couple, dreamed for years of finding something priceless buried amongst the tat in a car boot sale. It was a dream they knew in their hearts would never come true until the day it did... They buy the drab portrait for a few pounds, for its beautiful frame, planning to cut the painting out. Then studying it back at home there seems to be another picture beneath, of a stunning landscape. Could it be a long-lost masterpiece from 1770? If genuine, it could be worth millions. One collector is certain it is genuine. Someone who uses any method he can to get want he wants and will stop at nothing. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace finds himself plunged into an unfamiliar and rarefied world of fine art. Outwardly it appears respectable, gentlemanly, above reproach. But beneath the veneer, he rapidly finds that greed, deception and violence walk hand-in-hand. And Harry and Freya Kipling are about to discover that their dream is turning into their worst nightmare. . .
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MrT
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2024 Reads Continued
WYWD - a Quick Reads featuring Roy Grace.

PYD - 18 in the Roy Grace Series. Always enjoy these British Crime novels, this one about art theft and forgeries.

MITC - not as long as her previous novel and the formula remains the same. Romantic thriller.

TSID - Ingenious British crime novel no2 that's shaping to be a very good series.

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Andrew65
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This was a good read, they all are in the series, however not my favourite one in the series. At times with being a cold case it fell a bit too plodding and not as much investigating as I would have liked.

Book 1 finished for #NovelNovember

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Kicking off #NovelNovember by reading Picture You Dead, which before the start of the Readathon I‘m about a third of the way through.

PageShifter I love this cover, looks intriguing! 2y
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Andrew65
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Well as its my Birthday I‘m going to treat myself and start the next book in one of my all-time favourite series.

If you love high quality crime fiction you need to read the Roy Grace series which starts with Dead Simple.

Love his use of team briefings and I think Peter does these best of all.

Beatlefan129 Happy Birthday 🎉🎊 2y
IndoorDame Happy birthday 🎈🎁 🎂 2y
MicheleinPhilly Happy Birthday, Andrew! Enjoy! 2y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile Happy Birthday 🥳🎂🥳 2y
TrishB Happy birthday 🎉🎉 great series! 2y
Leftcoastzen Happy Birthday! I love this series too ! Need to get back to it, I have many yet to read 2y
Bookwomble Happy birthday 😊🎂🥂 2y
MonicaLoves2Read Happy Birthday 2y
Andrew65 @Monica5 Thanks ❤️ 2y
Pageturner1 happy birthday 🎈 2y
Bookzombie Happy Birthday!! 2y
curiouserandcurioser @Andrew65 Happy Birthday!🎉🎉 2y
CaitZ Happy Birthday! 🎉🎉 2y
andrew61 Happy birthday Andrew 2y
kspenmoll Happy belated birthday! I will have to look for that series in my local library. 2y
Andrew65 @kspenmoll Thanks 😁, and definitely recommend them. 2y
fredamans Happy birthday! 2y
Andrew65 @fredamans Thanks 😁 2y
DaveGreen7777 Hope you had an awesome birthday! 🥳🎂 2y
Andrew65 @DaveGreen7777 Thanks, I had a lovely day 😁 2y
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TrishB
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Solid police procedural book, sad stuff in personal lives and bad toast choices! (That‘s in a previous post!).
Still a good series.

rabbitprincess Imagine they include the toast in the TV series? 🤣 2y
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What sort of hell is this toast 😱

Balibee146 Boak 🤮🤮🤮 2y
Reggie Lol 2y
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Itchyfeetreader Cucumber? On toast? 2y
vivastory As I've never actually tasted marmite, I recently had to google what it tasted like & the description made me chuckle for awhile 2y
MonicaLoves2Read Yuck! 🤮🤮🤮 2y
MicheleinPhilly 🤨 Is he pregnant??? 2y
LeahBergen Oh geez… 2y
ravenlee Wow, every step of that description made me feel more sick. 2y
ravenlee Also, I‘m terrified my dad might read this and try it. A year or so ago he was reading a series in which a MC ate peanut butter and pickle sandwiches, so he just had to have some. For weeks he ate those vile things, and tried to convince my mom to have some. This…would be worse. 2y
wanderinglynn 🤢 that sounds disgusting. 2y
Birdsong28 🤢 2y
TrishB @vivastory you really don‘t need to try that stinky stuff! 2y
TrishB @MicheleinPhilly 😂😂 love it! 2y
TrishB @ravenlee definitely keep your dad away from this one!! That‘s so funny 😁 2y
NovelGirl82 Oh that sounds horrible! 2y
NovelGirl82 @ravenlee Stephanie Plum always eats peanut butter and olive sandwiches in the Janet Evanovich books and I‘ve been tempted to try them just to see, but I can never bring myself to mess up a good pb sandwich that way. 2y
ravenlee I think I‘m just going to stick with pb and jam or Nutella, thanks. @NovelGirl82 As we kept telling my dad, book characters can eat whatever they like, but it doesn‘t mean real people with real taste buds should! 2y
TrishB @NovelGirl82 it definitely does. 2y
Susanita Just. No. 2y
CarolynM Yuck! Vegemite and avocado is the way to go😋 2y
MrsMalaprop Agreed @CarolynM & add a poached egg on top & you have perfection 😋. 2y
Leftcoastzen 😖😂 2y
CampbellTaraL 😶🤢😆 2y
CarolynM @MrsMalaprop Agreed, but I usually leave poaching eggs to the professionals 🤣 2y
rabbitprincess Ewwwww! I can tolerate marmite in a jacket potato with loads of cheese, but marmite and peanut butter sounds disgusting. Cucumber on top just seems pointless 🤣 2y
TrishB @CarolynM @MrsMalaprop does Vegemite taste the same as marmite? 2y
CarolynM No, it doesn‘t taste the same. It‘s very salty which is why it‘s so good with avocado. (edited) 2y
rockpools This is still making me (and my minority of one) laugh. Is Roy Grace the detective or the serial killer? 2y
TrishB @CarolynM good to know 👍🏻 2y
TrishB @rockpools he‘s the detective - so no excuses about psychotic serial killers 😁😁 2y
rockpools @TrishB Well that‘s a relief! (I am firmly in the pb and marmite on toast brigade) 2y
TrishB @rockpools you‘re in the clear 😁 2y
Bookwomble I recently made myself Marmite, peanut butter and cheese on toast, and that was an absolute taste sensation! Now I've been imagining swapping the cheese for cucumber, and I can see how that could work. Don't have the ingredients now, but... 😏🥒 2y
TrishB @Bookwomble 😱😱 2y
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#quicklunchtimeread
With my Wednesday lunchtime treat 😁
Enjoying book as I love this series.

Balibee146 Another lunchtime win and I love everything in your salad bowl 😋😋😋 2y
erzascarletbookgasm Hi Trish! If an unexpected BD parcel turns up, that‘s from me. Happy Birthday month! 😘 2y
LeahBergen Beets! 💜 2y
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TrishB @Balibee146 @LeahBergen it was delicious! 2y
TrishB @erzascarletbookgasm awww Jessie thank you v.much, so kind ♥️ 2y
Cathythoughts I think I‘d like to start this series 👍🏻 I must look it up 2y
TrishB @Cathythoughts I‘ve really enjoyed it 👍🏻 2y
Megabooks Are those beets? Yum! 2y
TrishB @Megabooks yep- very nice too 😁 2y
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