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Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 November 2011.
John and Naomi are grieving the death of their four-year-old son from a
rare genetic disorder. They desperately want another child, but they
realize the odds of their next child contracting the same disease are
high. Then they hear about geneticist Dr Leo Dettore...
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About Perfect People
If it was the only way of having a child... would you do it? An unputdownable thriller from the global Number One bestseller author of the Roy Grace series.After the tragic loss of their young son to a rare genetic disorder, John and Naomi discover they both carry a rogue gene. Having another child by conventional means is too much risk to bear.When they find geneticist Dr Leo Dettore it seems like the answer to their prayers.
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If it was the only way of having a child... would you do it? An unputdownable thriller from the global Number One bestseller author of the Roy Grace series.After the tragic loss of their young son to a rare genetic disorder, John and Naomi discover they both carry a rogue gene. Having another child by conventional means is too much risk to bear.When they find geneticist Dr Leo Dettore it seems like the answer to their prayers.
Every aspect of the child can be chosen and manufactured, from height and eye colour to intelligence and sporting prowess. But realising the danger too late, Naomi is already pregnant when they understand the nightmare world they are enteringA world of perfect people.Utterly gripping and frighteningly plausible, Perfect People is a shocking thriller you won't be able to put down about what happens when humans play God.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
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781788637039 |
| Publication date: |
9th September 2019 |
| Author: |
Peter James |
| Publisher: |
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd |
| Format: |
Ebook |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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About Peter James
Peter James is one of the UK’s most popular crime and thriller novelists. His Roy Grace detective novels have sold more than one and a half million in the UK alone and six million worldwide in total. The series is now translated into 34 languages and his latest novel, ‘Dead Like You’, went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller lists at no 1 in both hardback and paperback. His novella, ‘The Perfect Murder,’ went to No 1 on iBooks and has spent 40 consecutive weeks in the iBooks Top 10. Peter has developed a close working relationship with the Sussex Police over many years, spending an average of one day a week with them, and his writing reveals a unique insight into the reality of modern day police work. He has carried out extensive research with police in Moscow, Munich, Paris, Melbourne, Sweden, New York and Romania, and regularly attends international police conferences to ensure he is at the cutting-edge of investigative police work.
Born and brought up in Brighton, Peter divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London and on the South Downs near Lewes in Sussex. An established film producer and script writer, he has produced numerous films, including The Merchant Of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. A TV adaptation of the Roy Grace series is currently in development, with Peter overseeing all aspects, including the scriptwriting. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Brighton in recognition of his services to literature and the community.
In 2016 Peter James was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger - the Crime Writers' Association's highest honour - awarded each year to a writer who has a career "marked by sustained excellence" and has made "a significant contribution" to English-language crime writing.
Peter James was the winner of the ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger 2011.
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