Perfect People

Peter James

$15.95

Publication Date: December 1st, 2022

Publisher:

Pan

ISBN:

9781529091656

Pages:

608

Description

Perfect People is a compelling and thought-provoking thriller from bestselling author Peter James.

John and Naomi Klaesson are grieving the death of their four-year-old son from a rare genetic disorder. They desperately want another child, but when they find out they are both carriers of a rogue gene, they realize the odds of their next child contracting the disease are high.

Then they hear about geneticist Doctor Leo Dettore. He has methods that can spare them the heartache of ever losing another child to any disease – even if his methods cost more than they can afford.

His clinic is where their nightmare begins.

They should have realized that something was wrong when they saw the list. Choices of eye color, hair, sports abilities. They can literally design their child. Now it's too late to turn back. Naomi is pregnant, and already something is badly wrong . . .

About the Author

Peter James is a New York Times-bestselling writer who is known for his fast-paced and gripping stories that thrust regular people into extraordinary situations. His Superintendent Roy Grace books have been translated into 37 languages with worldwide sales of over 21 million copies. The first two novels in the Roy Grace series, Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead, have been adapted for television and are available on Britbox.

Praise for Perfect People

'Peter James's clever page-turner Perfect People focuses not on the past but risks for the future.' The Times

'As ever, James writes beautifully, maintaining the pace with short, punchy chapters. But it's his firm grasp of the moral issues surrounding designer babies that makes Perfect People so satisfying – and so unsettling.' Guardian

'James has produced a suitably breathless fan-pleaser about accelerating evolution.' Daily Telegraph

'The ending is so horrifyingly scary that I was unable to sleep properly for several nights.' Mail on Sunday

"Perfect People is quite possibly the perfect book. . . the only reason I actually brought this was because I am a Roy Grace fan. Had the book been written by somebody else, I may have given it a wide berth. . . . The writing was brilliant, the tension high and the underlying `horrible feeling' I had didn't leave me all through the book. . . . This is normally not the sort of book that I would read, but am truly grateful I did." —Crime Thriller Hound