Peter James : Not dead yet

By Małgorzata Mikos - 19.10.16



He remembered a conversation he'd once had with a Chief Constable some years back, when he asked the Chief if in his experience he believed there was such a thing as the 'perfect murder'. The Chief had replied that there was. 'It's the one we never hear about,' he said.”
                                                                                               "Not dead yet" by Peter James



        One word describing this book: thrilling. "Not dead yet" has everything what you need to have an excellent story and a great time with the book. "Not dead yet" is the book filled with tense action, intrigue, characters and action changing page after the page. And this exceptional curiosity what will happen next.

       "Not dead yet" is a story of a mystery murder, demons from the past and obsession,
   Roy Grace, the main character of the story, is still fighting with the past when his wife went missing but after ten years from his personal tragedy and without no sign and news because of her missing he is trying to start a new life. 
     And everything is going well, in his life and at work, one day everything is changing and the  peace of mind is disappearing. Now only bother is everywhere. And fight against time.

        One day people by accident are finding the body without hands, legs and without the most important thing - head. A perfect murder? Maybe. But the body without the identity isn't the one problem in Grace's life. In the same time his boss asks him to ensure the safety of visiting super star, Gaia Lafayette, who is filming a movie in Brighton about King George IV and his lover, Maria Fitzherbert, because of abortive assault on for her life and anonymous threats. Meanwhile the man, criminal who Grace put to the jail, is free now. And somebody is threatening his pregnant fiancee.
     
      Who is Anna Galicia - an obsessive fan or maybe somebody else? Who wishes bad pregnant woman? What happened to his wife? How will end meeting with Gaia and Anna Galicia? Will everything be good with Gaia Lafayette? And what with the body without the identity - will they find his/ her name? 
    What dark secrets are hiding right next to us?  
     Who will be next? 
       How this game will end?
        Who will win in this game Roy Grace or the Murder?



Why you should read it


     Because of the action of the book and dark secrets. Because every story has own dark side, has own dark secrets. This book has a perfect the end, it's surprising and strong. "Not dead yet" is like a dark mind of every human on the Earth, their darker side with problems, emotions, ideas. Maybe that's why the book and the whole series with Roy Grace is so great.


Things to look out for


       What the man can do to be closer to his idol. All shades of bad obsession. What happen to the man who thinks that he is drowning in gloomy emotions and wants to give up? The dark side of the soul and mind of the man - how does it look like? Are we able to fight and to win with demons of the past


The last word about the book


     "Not dead yet" maybe is a long book full of extreme emotions and with incredibly surprising ending but the story is very interesting and you're reading it quickly and you're pleased with every page, with every next chapter. But the truth is that it's good to read it when you have more than five seconds... I am sure you will be lost with amongst words of this book. 

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