Books by Peter James

Det er nytår, og mens resten af Brighton fester, bliver en kvinde udsat for en grov voldtægt på et værelse på byens fine hotel Metropole. En uge senere bliver en anden kvinde i byen overfaldet, og noget kunne tyde på, at der er tale om samme gerningsmand - en mand med hang til dyre damesko. Kriminalkommissær Roy Grace ser straks, at den nye sag minder om sagen om Skomanden, der i 1997 begik en række voldtægter i Brighton og omegn. Kan det virkelig være den samme gerningsmand, der efter så mange år er vendt tilbage, eller er der tale om en copycat?

Ottende bind i den populære krimiserie med kriminalkommissær Roy Grace, der har solgt i alt 13 millioner eksemplarer på verdensplan.Det er ikke nok for megastjernen Gaia at være verdens største popstjerne. Nu vil hun også anerkendes som skuespiller, og hun har derfor sagt ja til at medvirke i en film om den britiske konge George IV og dennes elskerinde Maria Fitzherbert. Filmoptagelserne skal finde sted i Brighton på den engelske sydkyst og on location i det usædvanlige bygningsværk Royal Pavilion.Kriminalkommissær Roy Grace får ansvaret for sikkerheden under stjernens besøg i Brighton. Indtil flere forsmåede og gale personer er imidlertid parat til at gå vidt for at skade enten Gaia eller producerne bag filmen, og der bliver mere end nok for Grace og kollegaerne at holde øje med.

Michael Harrison er kendt for at drive gæk med sine venner. Da han nu skal giftes, øjner vennerne muligheden for omsider at gøre gengæld og arrangerer et temmelig morbidt indslag til hans polterabend. Men intet går som planlagt. Polterabenden slutter brat, da vennerne kører galt. De tre er dræbt på stedet, den sidste ligger i koma på hospitalet. Den vordende brudgom er der intet spor af, og ingen aner, hvor han er.Kriminalkommissær Roy Grace, der selv er plaget af sin kones mystiske forsvinden otte år tidligere, sættes på sagen. Hver eneste dag er der mange englændere, der forsvinder, og under normale omstændigheder ville politiet vente et par dage og se, om Michael ikke dukkede op af sig selv, men Roy Grace aner uråd.For det første er Michaels forlovede en ualmindeligt dejlig kvinde, som det er svært at tro, nogen ville stikke af fra. For det andet er det tydeligt, at Michaels barndomsven og firmapartner, Mark Warren, der kom for sent til polterabenden, lyver, når han siger, at han ikke har nogen anelse om, hvad de andre havde planlagt. Den enes død…Dødenkelt er første bind i serien med kriminalkommissær Roy Grace. De øvrige bind er En smuk død (2) og Langtfra død (3). Serieen går sin sejrsgang i England og på det europæiske kontinent, hvor Peter James har modtaget den tyske Krimi-Blitz pris som årets krimiforfatter 2005 og to franske priser, Le Prix Coeur Noir 2007 og Le Prix Polat International 2006. Det er hæsblæsende og velskrevet spænding fra første til sidste side om den ærlige og hårdtarbejdende politimand

Den nat, Brian Bishop myrdede sin kone, lå han og sov sødt i en seng hundrede kilometer fra gerningsstedet. Det er det paradoks, der møder kriminalkommissær Roy Grace, da han bliver sat på opklaringen af mordet på den unge smukke Katie Bishop, der findes bundet til en seng i parrets hjem kun iført en gasmaske. Hvordan fanden kan det lade sig gøre? Har nogen stjålet Bishops identitet, eller er han bare en fremragende løgner?Langtfra død er tredje bind i den prisbelønnede Roy Grace-serie, der foregår i en af Englands travleste politikredse omkring den engelske badeby Brighton.»Hovedkarakteren er spækket med sorte sider, som på bedste krimivis bliver accepteret af læseren, lige indtil de allersidste siders afsløring af den virkelige sammenhæng.«- Jydske Vestkysten»Guf for Peter James-fans og andre med hang til nyere, spændingsmættede britiske krimier.«- Tjeck Magazine»En gedigen kriminalroman, dog tilsat en smule mere action end de klassiske britiske krimier.«- Ugebladet Søndag

Niende bind i den engelske bestsellerforfatters populære krimiserie, hvor et brutalt røveri i Brighton viser sig at have forbindelse til et bandeopgør i New York næsten 90 år tidligere.Ved et brutalt røveri i Brighton bliver en gammel kvinde myrdet, og der forsvinder antikviteter til en værdi af 10 millioner pund. Til kriminalkommissær Roy Graces store overraskelse er de pårørende dog kun optaget af at få et gammelt lommeur tilbage. Det er de til gengæld også villige til at gøre hvad som helst for at få tilbage i familiens eje. Efterforskningen fører Roy Grace fra Brightons luskede antikvitetsforretninger til et forbrydernetværk på det europæiske fastland og videre til et bandeopgør i 1920’ernes New York.

Englands krimikonge Peter James har modtaget den store publikumspris People’s Bestseller Dagger Award for Dødens håndlangere – en stærk nyhed i den populære Roy Grace-serie.En i forvejen dårlig morgen tager en katastrofal drejning for alenemoren Carly Chase, da hun involveres i et trafikuheld, hvor en ung universitetsstuderende mister livet. 14 dage senere opsøges Carly af kriminalkommissær Roy Grace, der fortæller hende, at førerne af de to andre biler i uheldet er fundet tortureret og myrdet. Han frygter, at hun meget vel kan blive det næste offer. Graces advarsel kommer imidlertid for sent. Morderen har allerede Carly og hendes søn i kikkerten …   „Peter James er en af Englands bedste krimiforfattere og dermed en af verdens bedste.“ - Lee Child

Tiende bind i den populære krimiserie med Roy Grace. Om stor forelskelse og farlig besættelse. Om enhver kvindes værste mareridt.Rødhåret alenepige på 29. Er du gnisten, der kan fyre op under mit slumrende, ulmende sexliv? Jeg er til sjov, venskab og måske - hvem ved - endnu mere?Da Red Westwood møder den flotte og rige Bryce Laurent gennem et online-datingbureau, falder hun straks pladask for ham. Men efterhånden som forholdet udvikler sig, opdager hun, at han har en mørk side, der har været gemt under den charmerende facade. Alt, hvad han har fortalt om sig selv, er løgn, og hvor hun før var tiltrukket af ham, er hun nu direkte bange for ham.To år senere får Red endelig smidt ham ud af sin lejlighed og får et polititilhold, men mareridtet er først lige begyndt. For Bryce er sygeligt besat af hende og vil gøre, hvad han kan for at skade alt og alle, hun holder af, inden turen kommer til Red selv.Pressen skriver:»På Liv og Død holder et godt tempo i en intens fortælling om en ung kvinde, der forfølges af sin temmelig ihærdige, opfindsomme og skrækindjagende ekskæreste, som ikke kan tage et nej for et nej. Virkelig noget, der kan holde øjnene på vid gab, selv om man har indtaget hovedpuden, i den tro at det er sovetid.«– Politiken 

Krimi. Det eneste vidne til et modbydeligt mord bliver sammen med sin familie udsat for dødstrusler, og deres dødsannoncer er allerede lagt ud på internettet. Det bliver derfor en kamp mod tiden for kriminalkommisær Grace at opklare forbrydelsen.

The seventeenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author, Peter James.

The thirteenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author, Peter James.

An ugly duckling as a child, Jodie Bentley had two dreams in life - to be beautiful and rich. She's achieved the first, with a little help from a plastic surgeon, and now she's working hard on the second. Her philosophy on money is simple: you can either earn it or marry it. Marrying is easy, it's getting rid of the husband afterwards that's harder, that takes real skill. But hey, practice makes perfect . . .Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is feeling the pressure from his superiors, his previous case is still giving him sleepless nights, there have been major developments with his missing wife Sandy, and an old adversary is back. But worse than all of this, he now believes a Black Widow is operating in his city. One with a venomous mind . . . and venomous skills. Soon Grace comes to the frightening realization that he may have underestimated just how dangerous this lady is.Love You Dead is the gripping twelfth book in Peter James' Roy Grace series.

The 16th Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author, Peter James.

A new sized notebook is designed to store itineraries and photos of all your fun travels. The essential travelling companion that keeps track of your observations and explorations on the road, so you can concentrate on posting your pics for the folks back home.

Looking Good Dead is the second bestselling title in the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series from number one author Peter James.When a young woman's body is found butchered in Brighton, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace cannot help but think of his own missing wife and her unsolved fate.Elsewhere in the city, when Tom Bryce finds a disc left on a train, he simply tries to do the right thing - return it to its owner. But this attempted act of kindness makes him the sole witness to that same vicious murder.Learning that Tom has made a statement to Grace's team, the killers have to act. But when they plan the murder of the Bryce family, it's not just revenge - it's entertainment.

Dead Simple is the stunning first novel in the number one bestselling Roy Grace series from award-winning author, Peter James.Detective Superintendent Roy Grace's first major case is one he'll ever forget.It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. But a few hours later, the groom has disappearedand his friends are dead.With only three days to the wedding, Grace is contacted by the man's distraught fiancee to unearth what happened on that fateful night.Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know of the groom's whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot more to gain than anyone realizes, for one man's disaster is another man's fortune . . .

Having worked on projects around the world, strengthening and restoring historically significant structures from Windsor Castle to the parliament buildings in Canada, Peter James brings insight to the structural engineering of ancient Egypt. After fourteen years working on the historic buildings and temples of Egypt, and most recently the world's oldest pyramid, he now presents some of the more common theories surrounding the 'collapsing' pyramid - along with new and innovative projections on the construction of the pyramids and the restoration of some of Cairo's most monumental structures from the brink of ruin. The decoding of historic construction from a builder's perspective is examined and explained - at times against many existing theories - and the book provides a new outlook on long-held assumptions, to embrace modern theories in a bid to preserve the past.

Ellevte bind i den populære britiske krimiforfatter Peter James' prisbelønnede serie med kriminalkommissær Roy Grace og hans kollegaer i Brighton på den engelske sydkyst.Det sidste, Jamie Ball hører til sin kæreste, Logan Somerville, er et panisk opkald fra parkeringskælderen under den etageejendon, de bor i i Brighton. Jamie tilkalder straks politiet, der ankommer inden for få minutter, men politiet finder ikke andet end Logans bil og mobiltelefon. Logan er væk.Samme eftermiddag finder et hold bygningsarbejdere liget af en ung kvinde, der har ligget begravet i tredive år. I første omgang ser Roy Grace og hans hold ingen sammenhæng mellem de to begivenheder. Men så forsvinder endnu en ung kvinde – og endnu et lig fra fortiden dukker op. Og Roy Grace får mistanke om, at der måske kan være en forbindelse mellem fortidens og nutidens forbrydelser. Står han over for Brightons første seriemorder i nyere tid?

Perfect People is a compelling and thought-provoking thriller from bestselling author Peter James.John and Naomi Klaesson are grieving the death of their four-year-old son from a rare genetic disorder. They desperately want another child, but when they find out they are both carriers of a rogue gene, they realize the odds of their next child contracting the disease are high. Then they hear about geneticist Doctor Leo Dettore. He has methods that can spare them the heartache of ever losing another child to any disease - even if his methods cost more than they can afford. His clinic is where their nightmare begins. They should have realized that something was wrong when they saw the list. Choices of eye colour, hair, sporting abilities. They can literally design their child. Now it's too late to turn back. Naomi is pregnant, and already something is badly wrong . . .

Efter flere dages bankelyde fra en grav på en kirkegård i East Sussex bliver der givet tilladelse til, at kisten graves op. Ingen er forberedt på det afskyelige syn, der møder dem, da kistelåget åbnes.Myndighederne forsøger på bizar vis at dække over sagen og får samtlige vidner til at sværge på, at de ikke vil afsløre noget. Men journalisten Kate Hemmingway nægter at glemme. Snart er hun på sporet af en velanset narkoselæge, der i al hemmelighed eksperimenterer med nærdøds- og ud af kroppen-oplevelser ...Den britiske forfatter Peter James (f. 1948) er især kendt for sine kriminalromaner. Han har udgivet mere end 40 bøger og er oversat til mindst 37 sprog. Peter James har modtaget et væld af priser for sit arbejde.

The eighteenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author, Peter James.

A spine-tingling thriller of obsession from the number one bestselling author Peter James.

You are Dead is the eleventh thrilling crime novel in Peter James' Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series. They were marked for death. The last words Jamie Ball hears from his fiancee, Logan Somerville, are in a terrified mobile phone call. She has just driven into the underground car park beneath the block of flats where they live in Brighton. Then she screams and the phone goes dead. The police are on the scene within minutes, but Logan has vanished, leaving behind her neatly parked car and mobile phone. That same afternoon, workmen digging up a park in another part of the city, unearth the remains of a woman in her early twenties, who has been dead for thirty years. At first, to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his team, these two events seem totally unconnected. But then another young woman in Brighton goes missing - and yet another body from the past surfaces. Meanwhile, an eminent London psychiatrist meets with a man who claims to know information about Logan. And Roy Grace has the chilling realization that this information holds the key to both the past and present crimes . . . Does Brighton have its first serial killer in over eighty years?

If he can't have her, then nobody can. . . Virtual romance becomes a terrifying obsession in Want You Dead. . .Single girl, 29, smouldering redhead, love life that's crashed and burned. Seeks new flame to rekindle her fire. Fun, friendship and - who knows - maybe more? When Red Westwood meets handsome, charming and rich Bryce Laurent through an online dating agency, there is an instant attraction. But as their love blossoms, the truth about his past, and his dark side, begins to emerge. Everything he has told Red about himself turns out to be a tissue of lies, and her infatuation with him gradually turns to terror. Within a year, and under police protection, she evicts him from her flat and her life. But Red's nightmare is only just beginning. For Bryce is obsessed with her, and he intends to destroy everything and everyone she has ever known and loved - and then her too . . .From number one bestselling crime and thriller writer Peter James comes Want You Dead, the tenth book in his multi-million-copy selling crime series featuring the definitive Brighton detective, Roy Grace.

Like Dr Frankenstein, brilliant scientist Joe Messenger will stop at nothing in his quest for immortality . . .

A spine-tingling ghost story by the number one bestselling author Peter James.

The fifteenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author, Peter James.

Not Dead Enough is the third bestselling title in the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series from the number one bestselling author Peter James.Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has found the killer - hasn't he?A beautiful socialite is dead. Grace's leading suspect, her husband, was sixty miles away when she died, but all other evidence points to him. Has someone stolen his identity or is he simply a very clever liar?Grace's investigation and his budding new relationship are derailed after a reported sighting of his wife, Sandy, who has been missing for nine years. Grace desperately tries to cast light on the truth in both cases as his emotional turmoil - and the body count - grows . . .

Dead Tomorrow is the fifth novel in the multi-million copy bestselling Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series from number one author Peter James.In an evil world, everything is for sale . . . The body of a missing teenager is dredged from the seabed off the Sussex coast, missing vital organs. Soon after, a further two more bodies are found . . . Caitlin Beckett, a fifteen-year-old in Brighton will die if she does not receive an urgent transplant. When the health system threatens to let her down her mother takes drastic action and goes to an online broker in black-market organs. The broker can provide what she wants, but it will come at a price. As Detective Superintendent Roy Grace investigates the recovered bodies, he unearths the trail of a gang of child traffickers operating from Eastern Europe. Soon Grace and his team will find themselves in a race against time to save the life of a young street kid, while a desperate mother will stop at nothing to save her daughter's life . . .

Dead Man's Footsteps is the fourth novel in the multi-million copy bestselling Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, from number one author Peter James.From the ashes of mass destruction . . . Amid the tragic unfolding mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne'er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline: to shed his debts, disappear and reinvent himself in another country. Six years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman's body in a storm drain in Brighton leads Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton.

Dead Like You is the sixth novel in the multi-million copy bestselling Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series from number one author Peter James.Don't imagine for one moment that I'm not watching you . . . The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New Year's Eve ball, a woman is brutally raped as she returns to her room. A week later, another woman is attacked. Both victims' shoes are taken by the offender . . . Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realizes that these new cases bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of crimes in the city back in 1997. The perpetrator had been dubbed 'Shoe Man' and was believed to have raped five women before murdering his sixth victim and vanishing. Could this be a copycat, or has Shoe Man resurfaced? When more women are assaulted, Grace becomes increasingly certain that they are dealing with the same man. And that by delving back into the past - a time in which we see Grace and his missing wife Sandy still apparently happy together - he may find the key to unlocking the current mystery. Soon Grace and his team will find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to identify and save the life of the new sixth victim . . .