Reviews for Muerte prevista (Looking Good Dead)

The average rating for Muerte prevista (Looking Good Dead) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-25 00:00:00 David Derrick I'm giving this 4 stars even though it was a bit slow to start. Once things got going though, full speed ahead for me! I read the first book in the series a long time ago so only remember the basics but it didn't matter. The author fills you in on the detective's story in this installment. I loved the secondary characters (the good guys) as much as Detective Grace. The storyline is very disturbing (child abuse being a big component) and the bad guys were REALLY bad. The author creates a lot of suspense that made me want to zip to the end. And the end.....

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-24 00:00:00 Chris Held I don't easily get creeped out by books these days. Not any more. Not since Stephen King's It permanently damaged me as a child, when I was reading it under the bedcovers late at night, torch in one jittery hand, twice frightened that my mother would catch me in the forbidden act of reading "that author with evil in his head." Did you know, momma, what was in mine? So it's been a while that I got the willies from a book, which makes me very glad that I picked up a copy of Peter James's Looking Good Dead. It's a brilliant thriller. Here's why. Tom Bryce, a regular Joe salesman, is sitting on the train from London to Brighton thinking about his wife and kids. And like anyone who's ever had a standard class fair, he's stranded next to a right prick yelling into his mobile phone. So when the guy gets off the train and leaves a CD behind, Tom's not exactly in the mood to play Good Samaritan. This is where we all collectively yell, "Why oh why, Tom, did ya have to take the CD home?" That night our dear friend Tom watches a snuff movie. Then his computer is hacked and before long he's running scared and fighting for the life of his wife and kids. Never mind his own. At the same time, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called out to a gruesome discovery in a field on the same day that he's got a hot date lined up. But what he finds out there opens up old wounds; his own wife disappeared many years ago, and since then he's forever been wondering what happened to her and blaming himself. This is a superb thriller in every sense of the word. Peter James drops us right into the households of every day people. He shows us that they also read the Gruffalo to their kids, watch the Simpsons, and then he tears them to shreds, and we're left wondering exactly who this bastard is. James also has a great sense of place, constantly feeding us information about Brighton without overpowering us with needless description. In fact, everything about his writing is precise and to the point. He is as efficient a writer as he is a killer of characters, is Mr James. I wish I could stop with the laurels there, but his research and deep understanding of the Brighton Metropolitan Police shines through, especially in his treatment of cyber crime and modern technologies. Here's another great detail: I love looking out for how authors tie their novels back to the titles. In Peter James's case, when the words "Looking Good Dead" are spoken, you don't know if you want to laugh or slam the book shut and run. A well-rounded novel this: great characters, great plotting, and a story that could become all too real. I'm going to commit sacrilege in the crime-reading world and say I enjoyed this book more than Michael Connelly's The Poet, Just do me a favour: don't read this under the bedcovers with a torch.