Left You Dead

Damn. I think books should come with a suicide warning. In this sequel, the difficult adopted son dies.

I was taken with this series, which is very well performed on Storytel by Daniel Weyman. But. I had been wondering for 4 or 5 books why Roy and Chloe did not take action to find out what was wrong with their newly adopted 12 year old. I cannot imagine Peter James has lived through such an experience himself. (I have). Parents will seek help.

And then may be half of the book is about his hospital admittance, the shock, the grief, the doctors, repeat 10 times or so, the decision to give up his organs for transplantation (did Peter James get paid for the promotion?), the funeral arrangements.. it goes on and on. And to what purpose?

It's just tearjerking. It serves no purpose in the story.

Anyway. I stopped reading.

Possibly the best book in the series to date. The tension is palpable but be prepared for some heartbreak along the way.