- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan; First edition (2 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405054972
- ISBN-13: 978-1405054973
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 4.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 253,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It's a tricky proposition, changing horses midstream. And with Looking Good Dead, Peter James continues to do just that. The author’s reputation as a purveyor of subtly chilling horror and fantasy had been carefully built up over many years, and James had few British peers in this field. But that is not quite the compliment it sounds, for the horror field is in one of its frequent slumps at present, and apart from a few American giants such as Stephen King, some highly talented figures have languished, in some cases even forfeiting their publishers. It's possible that Peter James saw the way the wind was blowing, and decided to move on from his hitherto lucrative horror work, returning to the crime arena (in which he’d worked before) with the adroit Dead Simple, the inaugural book in the series featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. If DS Grace was cut from a familiar cloth (copper struggling with psychological problems), the plotting was innovative and fresh.
And so it’s proved to be once again with Looking Good Dead. Tom Bryce picks up a CD which has been left behind on a train seat, but when he attempts to track down the owner, he finds himself the only witness to a savage killing. Reporting the crime to the police has disastrous consequences for Bryce, and the lives of both he and his wife are threatened--by a notification on the Internet, no less. When DS Roy Grace becomes involved, he finds himself up against a malign group of very well organised criminals.
As in Peter James’ previous outing for Roy Grace, the plotting here is the thing. James addresses the crime genre as if he had never been away, and although Grace is, to be frank, not strikingly different from any other literary coppers, few people will complain when James’ storytelling acumen is as authoritative as it is here.
--Barry Forshaw
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'A page-turner from start to finish, this is a book you will start and not put down until the end.'
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripped me!,
By Hippy chick (England, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Looking Good Dead (Paperback)
Not read any Peter James before but will definitely be reading more of his work now!
Fast moving, gripping, could NOT put it down. Yet another one that spent time cooking with me I'm afraid. You know what I mean? Stirring pots with one hand while holding book in t'other. Only two things to say against the w-h-o-l-e book in fact. One was the odd Americanism that crept in now and then but having learnt that the author has spent a fair bit of time in North America, I suppose I can forgive him for those. Didn't spoil my enjoyment of the book in the least. The second thing was that I don't think he had the TV news quite right as to the best of my knowledge, the 9 o'clock news ended some while back, which if you put this together with the rest of the events mentioned in the book, seemed to make the timing a little bit off? Suppose we just put that down to poetic licence? I shall be looking to read some more Peter James in the very near future. He will now be up there in my list of favourite authors along with Kathy Reichs, Lee Child, P.J. Tracy, Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen, James Patterson and my newly accquired love of Simon Kernick and Stuart Macbride to name but a few. If you also like works by those authors, you'll LOVE Looking Good Dead!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Another brilliant read from Peter James, couldn't put it down. It was fast paced, gritty, sordid in places but very,very readable. Peter manages to take a simple event like picking up a cd on a train and turn it into a gripping thriller. Excellent !
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
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I absolutely loved Dead Simple so couldn't wait to get started on this second book in the Roy Grace series. Unfortunately I found this book rather a disappointment and a slow-burner. Its not nearly as gripping as the first book and I was quite bored in places although it did pick up more in the second half. To be honest I was glad to finish this book, rather a disappointment all round. I will however, be ordering the next two books in the series - just hope they are better reading than this one.
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