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DEAD MAN'S TIME
Fiction (Crime) 416 pages
Macmillan - June 6, 2013
A vicious robbery at a secluded Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant dying. And millions of pounds' worth of valuables have been taken. But, as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, heading the enquiry, rapidly learns, there is one priceless item of sentimental value that the old woman's powerful family cherish above all else. And they are fully prepared to take the law into their own hands, and will do anything, absolutely anything, to get it back.
Within days, Grace is racing against the clock, following a murderous trail that leads him from the shady antiques world of Brighton, across Europe, and all the way back to the New York waterfront gang struggles of 1922, chasing a killer driven by the force of one man's greed and another man's fury. -
NOT DEAD YET
Fiction (Crime)
Macmillan - June 7, 2012
LA producer Larry Brooker believes this movie, shooting in Brighton, could bring him the fortune that has so long eluded him. Rock superstar Gaia, desperate to be taken seriously as an actor, hopes this is the role that could get her an Oscar nomination…
For Brighton, the publicity value of a major Hollywood movie being filmed there is incalculable. But for Roy Grace it's a nightmare unfolding in front of his eyes. An obsessed stalker is after Gaia: one attempt on her life was made days before she left home to fly to Brighton. Now, the stalker may be at large, waiting, watching, planning. -
PERFECT PEOPLE
Fiction (Thriller) 458 pages
Macmillan - October 27, 2011
A heartbroken couple who have lost a child to an hereditary disease wish to make sure their next child will not suffer in the same way. A doctor promises he can screen the embryo. They unwittingly enter the world of 'designer babies' and without realising it, find themselves being manipulated by an unscrupulous doctor. A page-turning novel that is bound to cause comment and controversy.
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DEAD MAN'S GRIP
Fiction (Crime) 405 pages
Macmillan - June 3, 2011
Carly is still traumatised after being in a fatal traffic accident which killed a teenage student. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare: the drivers of 2 other vehicles involved have been tortured and murdered. Now Det Supt Grace issues a stark and urgent warning to her: she could be next.
The student had deadly connections that stretch across the Atlantic. The police advise Carly her only option is to go into hiding and change her identify, but the killer is one step ahead, watching, waiting, and ready...
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Biography
Internationally bestselling author of the Brighton-based Roy Grace crime series, published in over 30 languages. All his novels reflect his deep interest in medicine, science and the world of the police.
In addition to his career as a novelist, he has produced several films, including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. He also co-created the hit Channel 4 series Bedsitcom, which was nominated for a Rose d'Or, and he is currently adapting his crime novel, DEAD SIMPLE, for television.
Peter James won the Krimi-Blitz 2005 Crime Writer of the Year Award in Germany, and DEAD SIMPLE won the 2006 Prix Polar International and 2007 Le Prix Coeur Noir awards in France.
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