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Looking Good Dead | 
 enlarge | Author: Peter James
Publisher: Pan Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 1517
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0330434209
EAN: 9780330434201
ASIN: 0330434209
Publication Date: December 1, 2006
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Amazon.co.uk Reviews
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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 PETER JAMES IS GREAT November 10, 2008
Mrs. June Salmon
THIS WAS REALLY REALLY GOOD AND SCARY A MAN FINDS A CD LEFT ON A TRAIN HE GOES HOME AND PUTS IT IN HIS COMPUTER OH HOW HE WISHES HE HAD'NT. I HAD TO LOCK THE DOORS WHEN I READ THIS BOOK ALONE IN MY HOUSE AND THEN I WAS REALLY BOTHERED BY OPENING E MAILS FROM ANY ONE I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A REAL EYE OPENER FOR ME.
Couldn't put it down!! November 7, 2008
Helen Simpson (Leeds, England)
A great 'do-as-they-say-and-protect-my-family-OR-do-what-is-right-and-inform-the-police' storyline.
I wondered if it was going to be a bit 'waffly' with it being over 500 pages but it wasn't and I absolutely flew through it.
The murders were shocking enough to satisfy the gruesome but realistic enough to be scary and believable. How anonymous the Internet can be...and how your computer can both access information yet also have it's hard drive destroyed in seconds.
There is also a subplot where Detective Tom Bryce is contemplating a new relationship..ten years after his wife Sandy disappeared. This was nicely done and I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops in his next novel.
 Looking Good Dead - Peter James October 22, 2008
Angus Roberts (Edinburgh)
I don't think I would have minded this one as much if I'd churned through it in a few days, but for some reason I laboured with it and it took me weeks. Because it's crap. Written with the prole on holiday in mind, tries hard to be edgy and stylish, but the violence and sex don't go far enough and his attempts at humour are pitiful. Clumsy itv drama style plot (in fact that's probably what it is) and pathetic cliched characters that you hope all get murdered, you'd root for the baddies but they're rubbish too.
The Brighton Rebus?
Ha.
Too much background info October 17, 2008
saggy of London (UK)
Having joined the Peter James fan club, I was a little dissapointed with this book. I suppose having read the Roy Grace series I already had the idea of how the Police Station looked and the detail the author makes of various staff members. But this story seemed to be padded out with too much information, and slightly spoiled the plot. Taking nothing away from the author it is a good book for first timers, but try the other Roy Grace series before this one and then you will get an idea of where I am going with this review.
fantastic read!! July 24, 2008
A. Kerr
without doubt the most engrossing book i've ever read!Could not put it down, i will be working my way through his other titles post haste.
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