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JAMES**, PETER: : LOOKING GOOD DEAD. [A Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel.** 2nd Volume.]

LONDON.MACMILLAN/an imprint of Pan Macmillan Ltd.,2006.

ISBN 1405054972.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with author's capitalised,embossed,bright,crisp silver gilt-lettered name with flat printed, capitalised,matt red-lettered title and capitalised,matt black-lettered straplines to front of dw/dj; a matt black spine/backstrip  with author's flat printed,capitalised,silver gilt-lettered name and capitalised,matt red-lettered title and publisher's capitalised,matt white-lettered name and matt red illustrated colphon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with colour photograph and 3 critic's black+red lettered reviews.Top+fore-edges with minimal ageing/toning but clean and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound- virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked capitalised,silver gilt lettered background with slightly lowered overlaid capitalised black letters to same letters on the spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-405pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,88 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to the rear,2pp blanks.                                  Author's 2nd Roy Grace title,following his character's debut in 'DEAD SIMPLE.'               Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Tom Bryce did what any decent person would do.But within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next to him,and attempting to return it to its owner,he is the sole witness to a vicious murder.Then his young family are threatened with their lives if he goes to the police.But supported by his wife,Kellie,he bravely makes a statement,to the murder enquiry team headed by Detective Superintendent Roy Grace,a man with demons of his own to contend with.                          And from that moment the killing of the Bryce family becomes a mere formality - and a grisly attraction.Kellie and Tom's deaths have already been posted on the Internet.You can log on see them on a website. They are looking good dead.    "Roy Grace is a new, and very different detective,based in Brighton,in England – a city that is the favoured place to live in the UK for first divison criminals (I was told this by a former Chief Constable). Grace’s own experience and personal loss – his wife, Sandy, has been missing for nine years – leaves him open-minded to all methods of police work in order to find the truth about the cases he investigates – and to try to find out what happened to his wife. He uses everything available,from high tech to old fashioned police slog,from forensics and pathology analysis,and because of his own interest in the paranormal, is open to input from mediums and clairvoyants. I’m deeply fascinated by the many facets of police work,and particularly how it is changing with the times,and my research for the Grace novels takes me through almost all of it.” - Author's explanation of/for his created character.                                       'Looking Good Dead' reached No. 2 on the Sunday Times paperback bestseller list, No. 1 in all WH Smith railway station and airport bookstores in the UK and No. 1 in the Tesco supermarket chain in December 2006.It has been published in Germany and was published in the USA in March 2007.                  Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **   

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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