Failed playwright Drayton Wheeler, convinced that producer Larry Brooker stole the film’s idea from him, is plotting revenge. A torso found on a chicken farm, a released criminal out for revenge, an A-list celebrity making a film in Brighton and a baby on the way! Not Dead Yet is a story about obsessive fans and their imaginary relationships with singer turned movie star, Gaia Lafayette. It seems to add nothing to the story and I didn't get the feeling it was a foreshadowing of things to come in another book. The first series covered the events of the first two books, Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead , while the second covered Not Dead Enough , Dead Man’s Footsteps and Dead Tomorrow across three 120-minute films.

Behind the drab portrait they bought for a few pounds, they find a stunning landscape that might be a long-lost masterpiece from 1770 worth millions. I don't like novels that get into the cult of celebrity anyway but could have stood this one if the rest of the book hadn't been so poorly written. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office. Every action that develops has its' seed someplace earlier, it had me going back and rereading chapters to keep me in sync.

The only one minor niggle I had was that I never got to find out the conclusion of the story regarding Norman and Bella. But the hints of other crimes Tempe’s identification uncovers, particularly crimes against children, spur her on to redouble her efforts despite the new M.

Harry and Freya are an ordinary couple who dreamed for years of finding an overlooked treasure at a car boot sale, until the day they did. As such, the book reads less like a crime novel and more like the literary equivalent of an episode in a TV series. Goblets on the table crashed over, shattering, spilling their contents; plates, chandeliers and tureens slid down into the tangled mess of chains, gilded metal framework and glass. For rock superstar, Gaia, desperate to be taken seriously as an actor, this is the role that could get her an Oscar nomination… For the City of Brighton and Hove, the publicity value of a major Hollywood movie being filmed on location, about the city’s greatest love story – between King George IVth and Maria Fitzherbert – is incalculable. Hundreds of the 15,000 glass drops shattered, sending a glittering, shimmering display of coloured light into the air, for an instant, like a firework.

Best of all, there is a lovely twist at the end when Grace finally confronts Gaia’s would-be murderer.

Grace’s latest outing takes him into the world of celebrity and its downsides – the stalkers, those deluded obsessive ‘fans’ whose lives are far removed from the restraints of normality. Ruthless gangs, operating with military precision, have discovered a new black market flourishing in the shadows – an unthinkable source of wealth even more profitable than drugs.Yet when a vicious gangster is released from prison and an unidentifiable headless torso is found, a nightmare unfolds before Grace's eyes. Peter James usually summarises things in a few medium-length chapters, with some nods to future and past plots. 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. An obsessed stalker is after Gaia - and Grace knows that they may be at large in his city, waiting, watching, planning . One character central from the start was just thrown away, completely wasted storyline, the man storyline was predictable and as for 2 of the other subplots they were very poorly given one paragraph to conclude in what can only be described as a damp squib of a conclusion.

Moving from the heart of the city of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born townies, Ollie Harcourt, his wife, Caro, and their twelve-year-old daughter, Jade. A crime fiction phenomenon, the series has also been adapted for the small screen in ITV's Grace , starring John Simm as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and Richie Campbell as Detective Sergeant Glen Branson. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation. That’s my fault and no fault of the author’s, but it’s something to think about if you’re reading them yourself.Soon Grace and his team will find themselves in a race against time to save the life of a young street kid, while a desperate mother will stop at nothing to save her daughter’s life. This book has multiple characters ranging from Hollywood stars to London detectives, delusional murderers and all the while the author goes chapter to chapter giving the actions and thoughts of the different individuals so the reader can live with them and try to experience and solve the who dun it as it develops. There is a death threat hanging over Gaia and there has been an attempt to murder her in California. Even worse, bad jokes ensue as the gallows humour of those whose job it is to clean up horrific crime scenes gains traction.