Grace, new series based on the Peter James novels

Grace, new series based on the Peter James novels

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MiltonBaines

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Saturday 27th February 2021
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Just seen a trailer for 'Grace' based on the series of 'dead' crime novels set in Brighton, following the investigations of SI Roy Grace. Big fan of the novels, about halfway through the series I think. Hope the series does the stories justice, only drawback is it stars John 'always angry and intense' Simms. The main character in the book is far less shouty and aggressive than the trailer of Simm playing his usual character shows.
Any other fans of the books looking forward to this?

MiltonBaines

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Saturday 27th February 2021
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Yeah that's it. The series gets better as they go on, one had a bit of a rubbish ending but otherwise all good. I'm about 9 through, think there are 15ish.

MiltonBaines

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Saturday 27th February 2021
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All schedule says is late spring or early summer. 2x 2hr episodes covering first two books dead simple and looking good dead. Hopefully will be as good as the books, reading I've always thought they'd adapt to TV well.

MiltonBaines

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Monday 8th March 2021
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Starts this sunday at 8pm. Looking forward to it. If you haven't read the books definitely give this a try, great stories and characters, hope the tv adaptation does the books justice.

MiltonBaines

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Monday 29th March 2021
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Just watched this. Usual poor over acting from John Simm playng the only character he can

I read the book years ago but never noticed the plot holes. If the crash had not happened then the wife would have killed her new husband as planned after the wedding.
So why did she have his partner as her lover. No need if the above plan works out. He is an unnecessary complication.
She only got his share of the company money by blackmailing him after he removed the breathing tube.
But if the crash had never happened, he wouldn't have done this so would not have been blackmailed. So after killing her new husband on honeymoon she would also have had a lover on the scene. If the police found this out it may have raised questions about her husbands accidental death. So her lover was an unnecessary complication if all goes to the original plan. He was only useful if she needed a fall guy, which luckily she did. What are the chances eh...

Overall disappointed, will stick to the books I think. Over 400 odd pages the plot holes don't stand out so much.