40. Looking Good Dead by Peter James

London businessman Tom Bryce makes the mistake of a lifetime when he picks up a CD he found coming home on the train. When he pops it into his home computer, he realizes he is watching a web recording of a snuff film in which a young woman dies. He is soon contacted by Scarab Productions, the maker of the film, and is warned if he goes to the police he and his family will be killed. Meanwhile, Brighton Detective Chief Superintendent Roy Grace, last seen in 2006’s Dead Simple, has found the headless body of a young law student, Janie Stretton, who appeared on the web cast. When Tom decides to ignore the email warning him, Detective Grace becomes involved in the frantic search for the Bryce family - as they might be the next people to be filmed.

Full of non-stop suspense and action, this is a great summer read. Detective Grace is still coping with the nine year disappearance of his wife, and has begun to date pathologist Cleo Morey, also seen in the first book of this series. While the book may seem improbable at times, it is a quick, fun read for British mystery fans. For readers of Jeffery Deaver, Quentin Jardine, and Harlan Coben. For a review of Dead Simple, the first book in the Detective Grace series, check out: http://www.tcpl.org/sarah/2007/02/8-dead-simple-by-peter-james.html