Barbara Erskine and Peter James both in the Top 10!
July 14, 2010
This weekend's Sunday Times hardback bestseller list will see Barbara Erskine's TIME'S LEGACY at no 6 in its first week on sale. Peter James' DEAD LIKE YOU is at no 9 and will spend a seventh consecutive week in the Top 10.TIME'S LEGACY, published by HarperCollins, is set both in the present day and in Britain during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. In the past, it is 60 years since Julius Caesar invaded Britain and then abandoned his hopes of conquering the country. In Cambridge in the present day, Abi is a young Anglican priest, a realist in conflict with her mystic self. Her visions of a family in Roman Britain make her feel she is living their lives, and the stage is now set for a powerful drama, written in trademark Erskine style.
DEAD LIKE YOU, the 6th book in Peter James' Roy Grace series, has enjoyed a spot in the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list since its publication seven weeks ago. DEAD LIKE YOU entered the charts at No 1 and retained the top spot for two consecutive weeks.
Praise for TIME'S LEGACY:
'The story has had me gripped ... the sense of anticipation as each page is turned is massive. The dual narrative is wonderfully done ... Historical, supernatural and suspenseful ... An absolute delight that I am sure Barbara Erskine's existing fans will love and I hope will also gain her many more new ones.' -- Bookrabbit (online)
'Barbara Erskine returns with this beautiful and haunting tale of dark forces and mystical powers.' -- Shelf and Stuff (blog)
Praise for DEAD LIKE YOU:
'Roy Grace ... is fast becoming one of the more memorable coppers in modern crime fiction ... A first class police procedural.' -- The Times
'With the action jumping between two time periods, plotting is satisfyingly thorough, dialogue is deceptively casual, and the traumatic effects of rape are made explicit. James is probably the closest we'll get to a British Stephen King.' -- Financial Times