Not Dead Enough - Peter James

I picked this novel up in the library, not realising it was part of a series - I'd probably go back and read the previous two novels now, which are Dead Simple, and Looking Good Dead, both of which feature (according to James' website) Detective Superintendent Roy Grace (the hero of Not Dead Enough), and explain how his wife Sandy disappeared - the back story to this book. Sandy's disappearance, and then possible sighting in Munich, is interwoven with the case at hand - three dead women, who turn out to be connected in one deadly way. This heightens the tension and gives a flavour of what it must be like to try to solve a murder (or three) when you have a ...  Read the complete review

This is the third book in the DS Roy Grace series (the first two are Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead). I recommend you start with the first book of the series-there is an underlying plot thread regarding the disappearance of Roy Grace's wife many years ago and it helps if you have read the previous two. Onto the story and once again Peter James delivers a stunning crime with a fascinating story. It regards the murder of a young woman whose husband is the main (indeed probably the only) suspect, but who has a perfect alibi. As in all his books, there is a definite element of horror in his description of the crime and the mind of the murderer, certainly more ...  Read the complete review