Dead at First Sight by Peter James
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A man waits at London Airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida’s Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they’ve been scammed out of almost every penny they have—and that neither woman exists. Meanwhile, a wealthy divorcée plunges, in suspicious circumstances, from an apartment block in Munich. In the same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton, that is clearly not what it seems. As his investigations continue, a handsome Brighton motivational speaker comes forward. He’d discovered his identity is being used to scam 11 different women, online. Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. A global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams and the murder of anyone who threatens to expose them.
This is only the 2nd Roy Grace novel I've read by Peter James, although I have watched all of the TV episodes that have been made.
This book is about romantic scams on internet dating sites. It highlights how easily vulnerable people can be convinced they're in love and manipulated into handing over money. Lots of money in some cases. Thankfully I'm happily married and even if I wasn't I wouldn't be using dating sites.
It's a good police procedural but it's not extraordinary. If you hadn't seen the TV series I wouldn't advocate jumping in at book #15. It ticked a 52-book challenge prompt for me and although fairly long (512 pages) it was fast paced and with short chapters an easy read.
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