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Not Dead Yet (Roy Grace #8)

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Roy Grace tracks a stalker obsessed with a Hollywood starlet in Not Dead Yet,the latest from #1 international bestselling author Peter James

Days before one of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Gaia Lafayette, leaves her Bel Air home for a movie role on location in Brighton, England, there is a bungled attempt on her life. The whole city of Brighton awaits Gaia’s arrival, includin...more

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Published November 27th 2012 by Minotaur Books (first published June 1st 2012)

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Mar 28, 2013 Tom Bryson rated it 4 of 5 stars

NOT DEAD YET – PETER JAMES
Reading a Peter James novel is like watching a film. His writing is a series of short, highly visual scenes and chapters that makes for a fast-paced and attention grabbing book. He adheres to the principle of separating scenes – even chapters – to a single viewpoint that helps the reader stay in focus. We know at all times whose head we are in. I know some people find this style of ‘staccato’ writing too abrupt, not flowing. I think it’s great. But perhaps that has some...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Bettie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Nov 21, 2012 Barbara Elsborg rated it 2 of 5 stars

I really wanted to like it. I have liked Peter James' other books but there was something very off about this one for me. I honestly wondered at times if he'd written it or it had been penned by someone else. The issue with the overuse of exclamation marks was one I couldn't ignore. I've never ever read a book with so many. A few are okay but there really is no need to pepper the whole manuscript with them. We should be shown the characters agitation, excitement etc not be told by the exclamatio...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Barbara rated it 5 of 5 stars

NOT DEAD YET
Peter James

Eighth in the Detective Inspector Roy Grace series, Not Dead Yet draws heavily on the film education and career of Peter James. The scenario could be right off of today’s news. Celebrity Gaia, is coming to Brighton, something the city officials are elated about, for the much needed positive publicity her film will bring. She arrives with her small son and her own body guards, but Sussex CID is charged with making sure she stays safe.

This is a series that must be read in o...more NOT DEAD YET
Peter James

Eighth in the Detective Inspector Roy Grace series, Not Dead Yet draws heavily on the film education and career of Peter James. The scenario could be right off of today’s news. Celebrity Gaia, is coming to Brighton, something the city officials are elated about, for the much needed positive publicity her film will bring. She arrives with her small son and her own body guards, but Sussex CID is charged with making sure she stays safe.

This is a series that must be read in order to make sense of some of the events in Roy Grace’s life. James skillfully plaits the ongoing story lines of the disappearance of his wife Sandy, the threats of local criminals, his ongoing romance with autopsy technician, Cleo, and his detective sergeant Glenn Branson, whose marriage fell apart and now his life is too. The other detectives and staff at the station, and their personalities and interactions, give the reader a sense of meeting up with old friends. Into this mix, is the pop star Gaia, and the people who seem to want to love her to death.

Grace wants to marry Cleo before their baby is born, but first he must have Sandy declared legally dead. She has been missing for ten years. She just walked out of the house and has never returned. Nothing Grace has done has found a trace of her. He believes that Cleo is truly his soulmate and he is happy again, and overjoyed at the thought that a child is about to be born to them.

Amis Smallbone, a one-time big dealer in the city’s drug trade has served his time and is out of prison. Almost immediately, he threatens Grace for putting him behind bars, and Cleo finds her car vandalized and ugly words scratched into the paint. Grace figures Smallbone for the crime and goes after Smallbone with threats. Smallbone says he knows nothing about it, but Grace is so sure that he did, he does not pick up on the confusion in Smallbone’s eyes when he denies being responsible for the incident.

Grace has put the house that he and Sandy lived in up for sale. His new life with Cleo deserves a clean break. For the past year, Glenn Branson has been living there, and the normally tidy Grace fusses at Branson for the house being “a tip”. Particularly since the house is being shown to prospective buyers, it would show better tidied up. The realtor is handling the showing of the house, so neither Grace nor Branson know that a woman in her 40’s with a small boy who speaks German, comes to see the house, and notes the messy appearance.

Meanwhile, Grace is sidetracked with a body found buried in chicken manure at a commercial chicken farm. Only the torso is uncovered, but a few days later, the arms and legs turn up at a nearby lake.

Much of Gaia’s movie is to be shot in the Brighton Pavillion. Extra security is put in, shooting schedules are publicized and the reader is given some intermittent chapters from a couple of angry people who are intent on foul play.

This series is excellent. James draws characters that ring true and reflect the confusion and uncertainty people experience, as well as the valor and concern. James gives Brighten and Hove his full attention and it feels like a visit to a familiar place. He blends the ongoing stories with the crisis happening at the center of each book in an attention-holding grip with a conclusion that evolves right up to the last page.
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Nov 08, 2012 Cynthia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-in-2012

Price of Celebrity

There are good parts and some not so good parts in “Not Dead Yet”. One of the most off putting things about the book was that the American characters spoke as if they were from the UK. Their dialog and inner thoughts were stilted. Another distracting element was what seemed like constant interruptions as the characters' wardrobes were described. I understand that this is a commonly used ploy to help delineate character but used to this extent it was off putting. This is my firs...more

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Oct 26, 2012 Ian Mapp rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime

Maybe my interest is waning but this is the lowest scoring that I have given a Roy Grace book.

Everything is present in the usual fashion - the location, the research on everything, the punchy chapters etc. The long game of the series is there - with his disappeared wife sinisterly shadowing Grace's life and Grace's own moves on with Chloe's pregnancy.

The story is just too much. All around fan worship with a Lady GaGa/Madonna - esque pop star, who dispite being quite a nice person in the book ha...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Gloria Feit rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a tale of obsession, in all its infinite variety and manifestations, some more lethal than others but mostly just a matter of degree, with neither gender being excluded from its clutches. There are enough seriously disturbed characters here to populate several novels, in a few different story lines.

The main plot deals with the discovery of an unidentifiable body whose headless, armless and legless torso is discovered on a chicken farm in East Sussex. As if that isn’t enough, the area is...more
This is a tale of obsession, in all its infinite variety and manifestations, some more lethal than others but mostly just a matter of degree, with neither gender being excluded from its clutches. There are enough seriously disturbed characters here to populate several novels, in a few different story lines.

The main plot deals with the discovery of an unidentifiable body whose headless, armless and legless torso is discovered on a chicken farm in East Sussex. As if that isn’t enough, the area is faced with an at once wonderful and problematic event: a major American superstar [think Lady Gaga, in fact the fictional counterpart is named Gaia] is about to arrive from Los Angeles, with her entourage and film crew, to Brighton, England, the city where she was born, to star in a film which will chronicle the love affair between King George the Fourth and his mistress Maria Fitzherbert. Needless to say, her hordes of obsessed fans converge on the city as well.

A second story line revolves around another obsessive, the target of this one none other than DS Roy Grace, in charge of the Major Crime Branch of Sussex CID. But a resolution, if any, of that one awaits a successive novel, I suspect. The personal lives of Grace and of Glenn Branson, to whom Grace is a mentor, get a lot of the focus in this, the eighth series entry, as Grace’s fiancée, Cleo, is in her last month of pregnancy, and Branson, who has become a “long-stay lodger” in Grace’s house since the latter moved in with Cleo, is facing child custody problems in the aftermath of his now-dead “marriage-from-hell.”

Cavil: It bothered me when, as happened frequently, the p.o.v. jumped around, sometimes without identifying the person from whose point of view the chapter was being told. I assume this was intentional, but it was somewhat disconcerting. As well, I felt that perhaps the first two-thirds of the book was somewhat bloated and repetitive, causing this reader’s attention to wander, a first for any of this author’s books. No wandering attention in the approximately last third of the book, I hasten to add, when the plot lines start to come together with more than one climactic scene, with a finish you’ll never see coming. All in all, it is recommended.
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Sep 02, 2012 Ronald Roseborough rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure-thriller, crime, english, fiction, murder, mystery, mystery-adventure-thriller, roy-grace, suspense

Peter James starts his book with what at first seems a shotgun effect, letting loose a lot of short choppy chapters which can put you off initially. They are meant to rapidly introduce a number of divergent characters. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Brighton Police is assigned to provide protection for Gaia Lafayette, a major movie star from the U.S., who is the target of a number of death threats. This is complicated by the throngs of her obsessed fans who follow her everywhere. Dete...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Jacqui rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: thriller-mystery

I've read and enjoyed Peter James series about Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his crime fighting efforts. They always include a very British approach to life, love, and fighting the bad guys, as well as lots of insider details on police procedure, British style. The latest by this international best-selling author, Not Dead Yet (Minotaur Books 2012), is his best. It is the story of a sexy singer-turned-Hollywood star with the lofty name 'Gaia' who comes to Britain to shoot a movie despit...more I've read and enjoyed Peter James series about Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his crime fighting efforts. They always include a very British approach to life, love, and fighting the bad guys, as well as lots of insider details on police procedure, British style. The latest by this international best-selling author, Not Dead Yet (Minotaur Books 2012), is his best. It is the story of a sexy singer-turned-Hollywood star with the lofty name 'Gaia' who comes to Britain to shoot a movie despite death threats that end in the murder of her assistant just before leaving the US. Because of the high profile nature of the star and the rapacious press interest, Roy Grace is assigned the unenviable task of keeping her safe during her time in Brighton. It doesn't take long for threats to surface despite her multiple body guards and Grace's focused security efforts (impinged sadly by police budget cuts) and he must unravel the stalker's plot before real danger reaches the famous star.

He almost doesn't make it.

Thriller lovers will know they've picked the right book from the first line--"Gaia Lafayette was unaware of the man out in the dark, in the station wagon, who had come to kill her." As it turns out, he's only one of several who want to see Gaia dead. Keeping the beautiful star safe turns out much more difficult than it at first appeared to Grace, knowing she has her own security staff well-aware of the threats to her life.

By page 7, I couldn't stop reading, in no small part because of the many details James includes on the human side of Grace and the events that control his life outside of policing. In some books, this would slow the pace down. For James, it's becomes his voice and what we readers have come to expect from his novels. Many chapters open with some introspective insight into a life event (his girlfriend is pregnant, the difficulties on of his detectives had with self-serve baggin in the grocery, a budding romance which seems to die before it reaches puberty). I counted up to three pages on some tangential event, which were then looped nicely back to the main plot. There's also a subplot which runs through the series on Grace's missing wife who, after ten years, Grace is trying to get declared dead so he can marry his current fiancee. It starts where it left off in the last book (which closes just two weeks before this one opens) and is sprinkled throughout this book's 400+ pages.

There are also some good lines like this one:

"Sometimes his brain felt like a junk room where the light bulb had blown and no one had replaced it. You had to root around with a torch for stuff you wanted, and each year as he got older the torch got smaller and the batteries dimmer."

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Jun 19, 2012 Best Crime Books rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have read each and every one of the Roy Grace series and I would imagine like many others was looking forward to the latest book. Like many other popular series of books the characters and their history are what add another dimension for the readers. In this latest Roy Grace book we again see the return of my favourite and much loved characters I have got to know. Of course we have Roy himself and his other half Cleo who is now pregnant and expecting their first child. In addition we see many...more I have read each and every one of the Roy Grace series and I would imagine like many others was looking forward to the latest book. Like many other popular series of books the characters and their history are what add another dimension for the readers. In this latest Roy Grace book we again see the return of my favourite and much loved characters I have got to know. Of course we have Roy himself and his other half Cleo who is now pregnant and expecting their first child. In addition we see many favourites like Glenn Branson (who I adore), Norman Potting and Bella Moy.

The Brighton police force has its work cut out for them. The international superstar Gaia is filming in Brighton for the LA Producer Larry Brooker. Before Gaia leaves Bel Air an attempt is made on her life. By the time she arrives in Brighton Roy is set the challenge of ensuring her safety as well as running a murder investigation. Initially the story hits the ground running and when we see Gaia arrive in Brighton there are already two plots running through the book. On the one side we have the security and attempted murder of Gaia and on the other we have a torso found which the Murder team are trying to identify.

My attention was grabbed a lot more with the storyline in this current book than the last one so I almost felt like the books were back on the up again. The story certainly kept its pace up and I have to be honest as the story continued I got the feeling that this was a real ‘who dunnit’ kind of story. There are lots of plot threads, lots of action and a real head scratcher of a case. Now on the down side I have to say I am getting slightly irritated by the ‘Sandy’ thread of the story. I think a conclusion to this element of the story would make me a lot happier because I find myself just shaking my head in disappointment every time I read a bit more.

As I neared the end, I was genuinely taken aback by the plot conclusion and thought it was a good wrap up of the story. Then I was thrown with the last three chapters. I think one part of me admires Peter James for doing this as he has almost certainly drawn a large percentage of readers into the next book (and I admit I am one of them!). I fear that the series may get tedious but there certainly doesn’t seem to be any sign of that (apart from the Sandy part). The only one minor niggle I had was that I never got to find out the conclusion of the story regarding Norman and Bella. Yet again I think that this has been done with good reason and yet again there are things pulling me back and preparing myself for the pre-order again this time next year.

Peter James has certainly continued to show his brilliance as a Crime Writer and as usual I look forward to the next Roy Grace book.
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Jun 13, 2012 CookieDemon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, crime

We *know* Bella Moy likes Malteser’s, you don’t have to tell us every. single. book! (3.5 stars)

I love Peter James’ Roy Grace books, so it was safe to say that I was really eager to read the eighth in the series. And I enjoyed it (of course I did, it’s Peter James!)- but admittedly I did find it to be a weaker read than his other books, which really pains me to admit. This is for a number of reasons, but for me... (*back off now and stop reading as there may be a possible spoiler here!*)

*******...more We *know* Bella Moy likes Malteser’s, you don’t have to tell us every. single. book! (3.5 stars)

I love Peter James’ Roy Grace books, so it was safe to say that I was really eager to read the eighth in the series. And I enjoyed it (of course I did, it’s Peter James!)- but admittedly I did find it to be a weaker read than his other books, which really pains me to admit. This is for a number of reasons, but for me... (*back off now and stop reading as there may be a possible spoiler here!*)

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...the main bone of contention is that I genuinely don’t know how much longer he can keep the whole ‘Sandy’ saga going for. I’m frustrated with it at this point. It’s brilliantly done of course, but its EIGHT books later now and I would like some kind of resolution there soon. I’m getting fed up that it just doesn’t seem to be moving on quickly enough.

Also, we know Bella Moy likes Malteser’s. He tells us that every. single. book. There are other tiny little aspects like this too, that just seems to be constantly reiterated and are becoming defining character trademarks. I get that possibly there needs to be a re-hash with some back story and characters etc for those people that perhaps haven’t read the series from the beginning but by now (and I’m sure a lot of other fans will agree) it unfortunately feels a bit repetitive- like slipping on a pair of comfy slippers.

Good aspects though: the storyline was a bit different this time, with more links to America where obviously Peter James spends a lot of time so it added a bit of variety in that respect. It was an interesting premise with the subject matter of actors, obsessive fan-stalkers and of course, Brighton and The Royal Pavilion’s history- which I found really fascinating. There were some pretty gruesome deaths too which left me wincing a bit- there’s no denying that James’ can write a pretty gory crime scene when he wants to! The writing as ever flows brilliantly, and though some of the storyline seemed a bit far-fetched in places I did still find it to be gripping with a few really good twists. I also liked the author’s nods to social networking and some real-life actors and actresses- it made it feel very ‘now’ and provided shreds of believability.

In terms of characters I really appreciated how Glenn Branson is stepping up to the plate a bit more. I love his and Roy’s relationship and its good getting to know him more and more as the books go on. All the regular cast of characters are back here with a few new faces to get to know, so personally I would recommend reading these books in their intended order- as there is some back story that newer readers would be completely unfamiliar with.

Though regrettably I didn’t enjoy the book as much as his others (obviously), I did still find it to be a page turner and of course I’m glad I read it as I love the series overall, so in that respect it was worth the wait- I’m sure the great majority of his fans will concede with that statement. However, I’m really hoping that the next one picks itself up to be on a par with some of the earlier books.

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Feb 13, 2013 Lynn rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: police-procedural

In Not Dead Yet, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is presented with a mutilated body in an unusual location. As the police try to identify the victim, Grace learns that pop star Gaia will be shooting a film in Brighton. Grace has been tasked with the job of keeping her safe after a recent attempt on her life. Soon Grace is supervising a murder inquiry while on celebrity watch. The underlying theme of this book is obsession, ranging from crazed fans to individuals bent on exacting revenge for r...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Stephen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Senior Investigating Officer , Roy Grace has a lot on his plate in Peter James' latest thriller. He has a trial coming up where he has to help put away a criminal , an unknown body found in a tunnel under the river and a headless, armless, legless body found at a barn at a chicken farm. But his life is going to get a whole lot more complicated! A movie star, Gaia Lafayette , born in Brighton, England , is coming back to her home town to film a movie about George IV and his mistress.
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Apr 24, 2013 Stephen Hayes rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-fiction, our-books

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Sussex Police has a lot on his plate: a murder case with a limbless headless corpse. How can the search for the killer if they don't know who the victim is?
And then a film crew want to use the Brighton Pavilion for a new film on King George IV and his mistress, and Roy Grace is put in charge of security for the film set and the star Gaia Lafayette,
whose temperamental fans can turn adoration to detestation in an instant, and has already received several t...more

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Dec 18, 2012 Paula rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: no one

Recommended to Paula by: previous books in this series

What a disappointment! It's hard to believe that Peter James even wrote this book. It's definitely not up to the standard of the other Inspector Grace novels.

The first thing that jolted me was that an estimate was made of the victim's height from his femur and tibia...all well and good except that the victim is a legless, armless,headless torso. It's such an egregious error that I read and reread this bit just to be sure I hadn't missed something. I had not.

This is followed by two different pa...more

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Aug 25, 2012 John Lee rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is another of my 'read by mistake' books. It was a book that my wife brought home from the library and, because of the book that was with it, I thought it was something else. I know.....dont ask!
My first impressions were not that promising. I thought that the short/very short chapter style of writing is a little too American and I prefer good old English style and content -and the early content here is set in the US.
After my wife had read it she assured me that I would enjoy it and, as usua...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Ann Davis rated it 5 of 5 stars

As usual I loved this book. I wish there would be more than one a year with Roy Grace and his missing wife Sandy. Good story about celebs and dangerously obsessed fans. Roy is wanting to marry Cleo who is expecting their baby, and has proceeded to declare his missing wife Sandy dead as it's been 10 years with no word from her and his efforts to find her have drawn a blank. Sandy however is very much alive and having discovered he's waiting to marry Cleo is now watching him and hatching devious p...more

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Mar 26, 2013 Sheila Beaumont rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-fiction, mysteries-suspense-thrillers

Here's another exciting page-turner in this series of mystery/thrillers starring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. In this one he's in charge of protecting Hollywood superstar Gaia Lafayette, while she's in Brighton on location for a film, from various threats, including her self-proclaimed number-one fan who is out for revenge after being snubbed.

It's a fast-paced tale, told in short chapters with alternating points of view. And there's an intriguing subplot running through the series involvi...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Lynsey rated it 2 of 5 stars

I love the Roy grace series but there was something not quite there for me this time. I wasn't really into the Gaia plot - the celebrity/stalker thing not being one I'm interested in reading about. I guessed early on that Anna Galicia was a man - there was some real clumsy clues in her description, particularly coming into the entrance to the grand. I like to realise clues like this a little in retrospect rather than straight away!

Saying that, the last part of the book picked up in the action f...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Colin rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is about a famous rock star visiting Brighton, where Roy Grace is put in charge of her safety. Before she leaves her home in the US, there is an attempt to kill her which ups the ante security wise. Before she arrives though, Roy has another matter to sort out - the small matter of a torso found locally with no identity, but clearly a murder. What follows is the the account of the rock star's visit, in tandem with the investigation of the torso inquiry. I thought it was an absorbing and wel...more

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Jun 27, 2012 Bookworm rated it 5 of 5 stars

Probably my favourite Peter James book so far! I'm keen to read all the previous Roy Grace books again but until Amazon reduce the price of his previous books for Kindle download, I won't be doing this. Perhaps we could have a Kindle Deal of the Day - Peter James special (i.e all 7 previous books for 99p each) :)

I enjoyed this book because it was hard to put down but likewise I didn't feel I had to devour it and could enjoy/savour it at my leisure - I guess its going to be another year before Bo...more

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Jun 15, 2012 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was lucky enough to meet the man himself as he was signing books locally on the release day.

So to the book; famous singer turned actress from Brighton returns to her home town to make a film based around the Royal Pavilion. As with anyone famous she has her set of fans, or fanatics, who follow her every move and snap up her merchandise in online bidding wars. As she has been receiving death threats, Grace is tasked with looking into her security whilst she visits.

A body turns up at a chicken f...more

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Oct 07, 2012 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, 5-stars, male-author, october-12

I loved this book. I was looking forward to it and it really didn't disappoint. I felt it was a little more complex than some of his earlier novels. Superstar Gaia is to travel to Brighton to shoot a film but there are several people who have made death threats to her and Roy Grace is tasked with providing security for her. His job is further complicated by the discovery of a headless and limbless body found in a nearby farm. Cleo, his girlfriend, is in the latter stages of pregnancy and we have...more

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Jun 23, 2012 Cath rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: summer-2012

When Gaia, an American superstar, comes to Brighton, everybody is awe struck.
But in the crowds of fans are not only good people. Some are so deadly obsessed that they are willing to kill…
On top of that, there is a headless, legless and armless body discovered in a farm. It’s the task of super intendant Roy Grace to save Gaia and to solve the mystery of the dead body.

At home, Grace is finally happy, but then some news about the past changes everything.

Once you start reading this novel you can’t...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Mike Gabor rated it 3 of 5 stars

Rock star and actress Gaia Lafayette arrves in Brighton to startfilming a movie a few days after an unsuccesful attempt on her life back in California. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is assigned to protect her. A headless torso turns up miles away and Grace is investigating that case also which after a while begins to tie in with Gaia Lafayette. Also, someone is sending threatening messages to his pregant soon to be wife Cleo.

This wasn't the best book in this series. I found the sub-plot of...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Eddie Blatt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

Peter James is good at integrating different aspects of a crime story. Unfortunately, there were enough poorly constructed sentences, grammatical errors and ambiguities in this book to distract me from the flow. As a result, I have now decided to collate all such sentences in books I read (I don't actually look for them, they simply jump out of the page and hit me in the eye!).

One example from this book: 'And now he was being interrupted while eating his lunch – which was something he hated. He...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Rosemary Allix rated it 3 of 5 stars

Peter James is a great raconteur, a wonderful story teller. He is always a very welcome guest on my radio show, just sit him at a microphone and listen to him go. Hugely entertaining. Like all his Roy Grace books this has a strong plot and moves along at a cracking pace. He is well known for the huge amount of in depth research he does for his books. Although this is their strength, occasionally I feel it is a bit over-researched (is that possible?). As if he has found out such a lot of fascinat...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Tim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An enjoyable detective story set in and around Brighton. I had to concentrate carefully as I read it, as I had downloaded it onto my Kindle, which makes it harder to turn back the pages to check earlier details and clues! Good characters and an interesting plot, with an unexpected twist as the solution came into sight - all good fun.

This happens to be #8 in the DS Roy Grace series and there were some strands which were clearly continued from earlier books; equally, there were one or two loose e...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Lara rated it 2 of 5 stars

I have enjoyed Peter James' books in the past, especially the first 2 or 3, but the last one I started questioning whether or not I was reading them because I enjoyed the storylines or because I came from Brighton and until recently worked for Sussex Police. I have to say after reading this, it is the latter. This book in my opinion is poor, very poor. Too sensational and over the top. James has tried to bring Hollywood to Brighton but its just over the top drivvle. There is an ongoing story lin...more

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Aug 16, 2012 Shirley Mckinnon rated it 4 of 5 stars

I had read one of Peter James's thrillers but did not realise that he had a police series, DS Roy Grace of Sussex CID. I was warned that he did a twist really well, but was taken completely by surprise and loved what he did. It was gripping all the way through, speeding up towards the end. This is the sign of a good book for me, that I find it more and more difficult to put it down. I start racing along with the character. This is a keeper. For once, the main character is not too flawed, and eve...more

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Not Dead Yet (Roy Grace #8)

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