Looking Good Dead, James - B-

                                         There are currently eight novels in the Roy Grace series and this is my third.  They are police procedural/detective stories set in Brighton, on the English coast. The author is a skilled storyteller, a native of Brighton who adds tons of color, and a devious plotter, but a bit on the dark side. These novels have a violent tinge, not unlike some of the Scottish ones I've come across. In this one, Grace uncovers an internet business specializing in snuff films. Similar to almost every European novel I've read in the last decade, this one goes behind the old Iron Curtain to find some vicious bad guys.