Dead Pretty: A police doctor gets embroiled in a murder investigation (The Dr Callie Hughes crime scene investigations) Paperback – April 8, 2020

I really enjoyed this book. It was thoughtfully laid out with interesting characters. The plot was well done, as well.

Read this series out of order. But still enjoyed this mystery. Callie, GP and working with police is human, making mistakes but never giving up. She also takes chances that gets her in trouble. Its a good story, well worth the read.

This was a good story with likable characters. Callie is a smart, modern woman, a doctor. She's independent but still hoping to find Mr. Right and have marriage and a family. There is interesting tension between Callie and DI Miller as Callie tries to solve the case and Miller tries to keep her out of it. There's quite a twist of an ending. Enjoyed this very much.

Refreshing twist with a Doctor as the one trying to solve the killings. Good character development and suspense. Will definitely read the next book.

Not sure about this book. Have given three stars because I did find a lot of parts I actually skipped over. The storyline was good and well thought out plot as well but the heroine seemed to be so naive to take risks when walking home as well as being such a push over for the doctor. A plus was the fact that, not until very near the end did I ever conceive who the perpetrator could be. A well written book can always hide this throughout the book which in turn keeps the reader rapt enough to not put the book down. This happened with me and for that I give this author kudos.

This kept me interested all the way till the end. Iiked the main character and felt that she was ready to identify with. The mystery was interesting and once getting to the end,I should have figured it out. I guess that I was into the main character so much that it went right past me. Great ending!!!

Good book. Didn't have the perpetrator figured out until the last few pages, which is unusual for me. I liked Callie, and the plot was rather believable. So many times, the plot comes off as "Mission Improbable".

She has the off and on attraction with the detective through the book then when he says he's married it doesn't create a blip in the conversation. I spent most of my read being irritated at her reaction to the detective and her constant putting herself in danger. The best part was I didn't figure out who the killer actually was. On to the next book.

Enredo bom, mas há capítulos muito descritivos

Callie Hughes is a forensic physician, and part-time police doctor in Hastings, who has seen her share of dead bodies; many of them drug related. When a local woman is killed, there are a number of things that do not add up. The room in which she's found lacks the usual squalor one might expect to see, and, more interestingly, the body bears a faint mark around the neck. What appears to be a lack of police interest leads Callie to begin her own investigation; as she wonders if the victim being a prostitute has anything to do with it. Then another victim is found, and before long, the bodies start to stack up. When a number of strange incidents occur that are connected to Callie, she start to wonder if she herself may eventually become a victim. What begins is a tense game of cat-and-mouse. Dead Pretty is a great start to a new series, with interesting characters and snappy dialogue to keep things moving. U must read if you like a medical chiller.

There was much of this that was bit too chic lit for my taste I have to say. It was sort of cross genre and that is the only reason it's dropped a star. It was well written and well constructed. The characters were very visible and the scene setting well done and obviously well researched. I did guess the perpetrator a while before the end but the final denouement did hold a nasty surprise which I hadn't seen coming. A decent read and I'm sure anyone who is not quite as grim and gruesome in taste as myself would enjoy it even more than I did.

Excellant book, great to read doc against police

This is a new author to me and I'd score this at 3.5 down to 3*. I think mainly because there's a lot of annoying repetition about how often Callie has a headache....that began to get on my nerves. I had to look up how to say her name properly and it's Kal-eye-oh-pee whereas I'd have said Cal-ee-oh-pee which makes more sense considering she is shortened to Callie !! I did spot some earlier editions gave her another peculiar name altogether. I've heard of authors changing covers but not the principal character's name !!! So that annoyed this reader, too !Callie does do some daft things for an intelligent woman, though......gets herself into some pretty idiotic circumstances. I did find the ending a little too far-fetched as well, as it appeared to come out of nowhere, with no real lead-up to THAT particular resolution !! I also found her a little petty and whiny in places. I did like Miller a great deal, though, and hope he features in the next book.It has a few too many mistakes for my liking as well. One whole explanation about The Priory Estate was repeated on an ensuing page, she kept on getting apostrophes wrong, while also getting them in the right place at another mention of the same word, as in ladies' or singles'-sometimes she included it, then would carelessly drop it !! She left off a comma when it was required here, "she wouldn't give him another chance she decided" and I wouldn't have used pretty twice, either, in this sentence, "She was young and pretty and pretty drunk." There were too many missed-off hyphens as well, as with "body fluid stained scrubs" or sort out or one handed....I have the second in this series downloaded as it was free but I will see how I get on with that one before I consider getting the remaining instalments.