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Pity poor Jodie Bentley. Only in her mid-thirties, she's going through a rough stretch. She's just lost her elderly fiancé Walt in a skiing accident; he'd set out in a snowstorm off-trail, and ended up going over a cliff.
In fact, the news is only getting worse. Jodie learns that Walt had been under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for investment fraud; not only will she not inherit the substantial estate she'd been expecting, she will be out of pocket for the money she spent for Walt's funeral expenses, and as his fiancée might even be the subject of an investigation herself.
But Jodie is nothing if not resilient. Barely a week later she is arranging a date with a retired London art dealer. She is sure it will be love at first sight. Before long, however, the calculating courtesan finds that once again she may have gotten in over her head.
Meanwhile, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is having his own problems. Rehabbing his leg after being shot in the course of his duties, he learns that a woman has surfaced in a Munich hospital who closely resembles his first wife Sandy, who had disappeared a decade earlier. After extensive efforts to locate her, Grace had swallowed his grief and moved on; now married to Cleo, they have a young son, Noah, and are slowly building their new lives together. If the woman in the hospital is in fact his first wife, it threatens his relationship with Cleo and Noah.
Adding to Grace's worries, a psychopath named Dr. Edward Crisp, has apparently re-emerged. Having murdered several women, he'd been tracked down and presumably drowned in a struggle with one of Grace's fellow officers. Now his DNA has turned up in a current case in France, and Grace is working closely with Interpol to recapture the man.
The twelfth novel in Peter James bestselling Roy Grace series, LOVE YOU DEAD builds on the layered plot lines of James' previous novels, feeding his readers' desire to know more about DS Grace, his team, his adversaries, and his family. James' trademark attention to detail is complimented by his compelling characters, his taut pacing, and his deft use of such diverse settings as London, New York, Lyon, Munich, and Mumbai. His latest work is one of his best, and confirms Peter James' reputation as one of the very best thriller writers alive today.
§ Since 2005 Jim Napier's reviews and interviews have appeared in several Canadian newspapers and on various crime fiction and literary websites, including his own award-winning site, Deadly Diversions. He can be reached at jnapier@deadlydiversions.com
Reviewed by Jim Napier, November 2016
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