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Stop them dead / Peter James.
By: James, Peter.
Series: Detective Superintendent Roy Grace books: Publisher: London : Pan Books, 2024Description: 560 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781529089981 (pbk.) :; 1529089980 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Grace, Roy, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- England -- Brighton -- Fiction | Crime | Crime | Kent | Crime & mystery fiction | Thriller / suspense fictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories.Summary: When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of the night he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left dying in a pool of blood. What's more chilling is what the perpetrators were willing to kill for. At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises this is no isolated robbery gone wrong but the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime wave, in which ruthless organised gangs are making more money from the illegal trade in dogs than drugs. A trade which pits him against some ruthless people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult book | Moss Bank Library Thriller | Ordered | |||||
| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Thriller | Ordered |
Total reservations: 2
TV tie-in.
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2023.
When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of the night he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left dying in a pool of blood. What's more chilling is what the perpetrators were willing to kill for. At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises this is no isolated robbery gone wrong but the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime wave, in which ruthless organised gangs are making more money from the illegal trade in dogs than drugs. A trade which pits him against some ruthless people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.