Peter James always spins a good yarn and Looking Good Dead is no exception.

This is the second in the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series (portrayed in the pretty average TV version by John Simm), starting when a young woman’s body is found butchered in Brighton. When the murder is called in, Roy Grace cannot help but think of his own missing wife and her unsolved fate.

Elsewhere in the city, when Tom Bryce finds a disc left on a train, he simply tries to do the right thing — return it to its owner. But this attempted act of kindness makes him the sole witness to that same vicious murder.

Learning that Tom has made a statement to Grace’s team, the killers have to act. But when they plan the murder of the Bryce family, it’s not just revenge — it’s entertainment.

An interesting plot that will keep you guessing while the action is well brought to life by narrator Neil Pearson.