Peter James’ new Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel, FIND THEM DEAD, has flown straight to the Number 1 spot in the Sunday Times hardback bestseller chart after only three days on sale. FIND THEM DEAD’s chart-topping success gives James his sixteenth Number 1 on the British charts this coming Sunday.
In FIND THEM DEAD, Roy Grace gets a tip-off about a county lines drugs mastermind operating out of Brighton. On his first day back in his old job in Sussex, he is called to a seemingly senseless murder.
Separately, Meg Magellan finally has her life back together, five years after the car crash that killed her husband and their son. Her daughter, Laura, now 18, is on her gap year travelling in South America with a friend, and Meg misses her badly. Laura is all she has in the world. In between jobs, Meg receives a summons for jury service. She’s excited – it might be interesting and will help distract her from constantly worrying about Laura. But when she is selected for the trial of a major Brighton drugs overlord, everything changes.
Gradually, Grace’s investigation draws him increasingly into the sinister sphere of influence of the drug dealer on trial. A man utterly ruthless and evil, prepared to order the death of anyone it takes to enable him to walk free. Just a few days into jury service, Meg arrives home to find a photograph of Laura, in Ecuador, lying on her kitchen table. Then her phone rings.
A sinister, threatening stranger is on the line. He tells her that if she ever wants to see Laura alive again, it is very simple. At the end of the trial, all she has to do is make sure the jury says just two words… Not guilty.
Peter James’ Roy Grace series has been translated into thirty-seven languages with worldwide sales of over twenty million copies. Earlier this month THE SECRET OF COLD HILL, the ghostly follow-up to THE HOUSE ON COLD HILL, was at Number 4 in the UK paperback charts. Later this year, readers can look forward to an exciting Autumn standalone, I FOLLOW YOU.
The first two Roy Grace novels, DEAD SIMPLE and LOOKING GOOD DEAD have been adapted for ITV by screenwriter and Endeavour creator, Russell Lewis, with John Simm set to star as the tenacious detective. Filming begins in Brighton in late 2020.
Read Peter James’ 'Author's Tale' interview with the Independent.
Listen to Peter James’ interviews with the Mail Arts+ and Writer's Routine podcasts.
Praise for Peter James:
‘Sinister and riveting… Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world.’ — Lee Child
‘Peter James, Britain’s closest equivalent to Stephen King’ — Sunday Times
'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.' — Karin Slaughter
‘In my thirty-four years of policing, never have I come across a writer who so accurately depicts “The Job “’ —Detective Investigator Pat Lanigan, Office of the District Attorney, NYPD
About the Author:
Peter James is an international bestselling crime and thriller writer. In 2015 WHSmith customers voted him the Greatest Crime Author of All Time and in 2016 he was awarded the coveted CWA Diamond Dagger, a lifetime achievement award for sustained excellence. In 2018 he received a Specsavers Honorary Platinum Bestseller Award.
Successful nationwide tours of the stage plays of THE PERFECT MURDER (2014), DEAD SIMPLE (2015), NOT DEAD ENOUGH (2017) and THE HOUSE ON COLD HILL (2019) have played to packed theatres in dozens of British cities, and garnered magnificent reviews. The newest Roy Grace theatre production, LOOKING GOOD DEAD, will tour in 2021.
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