When Kellie was kidnapped at the end of the first half by a masked assailant, I wanted to laugh. Unfortunately, the production failed even to live up to those.ĭespite being presented as thriller, there was no point at which I felt the slightest bit of tension or suspense.
Having gritted my teeth through another stage version of one of Peter James’s books, The House on Cold Hill (a scare-free ghost story), my expectations for Looking Good Dead were very low. With the help of his layabout son, Max (Mylo McDonald), Tom manages to open the contents of the USB stick and is led to a sickening web site where the brutal slaying of a young woman is screened live for the delectation of online voyeurs.Īt first, Tom tries to hide the truth from his alcoholic wife, Kellie (Laurie Brett), but a threatening phone call from one of the killers results in Roy Grace (Harry Long) and his team being called in. Whilst commuting home on the train one evening, struggling businessman Tom Bryce (Adam Woodyatt) picks up a USB stick left by a fellow passenger. While Roy Grace plays a pivotal role in Looking Good Dead, Shaun McKenna’s stage version of the second novel in the series, the spotlight is primarily fixed on an ordinary family who becomes entangled in the shadowy world of crime. Not only have his novels been adapted for the stage ( The Perfect Murder, Not Dead Enough), but his most famous creation-long-suffering policeman Detective Superintendent Roy Grace-was recently played by John Simm in a smash-hit TV drama. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Peter James is one of the UK’s most popular crime writers, having sold over 21 million books worldwide. (Mar.)Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The rapid-fire suspense builds to a terrifying, graphic conclusion that leaves tantalizing room for future installments in the series. While the lawmen pursue elusive leads, Bryce draws the ire of the twisted criminals behind the Web site and sees his family's comfortable suburban life unravel. Glenn Branson, find the mutilated body of the victim, Janie Stretton, a law student from Brighton, whose murder reminds him of the unsolved disappearance of his wife, Sandy, nine years earlier. Soon thereafter, Grace and his partner, Det.
London marketing exec Tom Bryce makes the mistake of popping a CD he found on the train into his computer: it logs him onto a snuff film Web site, where he watches helplessly as a beautiful woman is butchered. Roy Grace novel (after 2006's Dead Simple). British author James dreams up a horrific intersection of extreme perversion and Internet technology in his frightening, expertly constructed second Det.
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