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

• The brand new Roy Grace novel from Peter James - Picture You Dead - is available to pre-order now* A shocking reveal threatens to unravel Detective Superintendent Roy Grace''s happy new life in Love You Dead , by award winning crime author Peter James. Grace is newly married, having moved to a country cottage with Chloe and their baby son. But his first, long-missing wife, now found, has left Grace a surprise greater than he could have imagined. Yet the police need Grace at work: an escaped murderer who left a bullet in him is back and a Black Widow is leaving an international trail of corpses after - in every sense - bleeding them dry. Now, she''s come to Brighton for her next rich target . . . Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Love You Dead is the twelve title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective''s investigations with Need You Dead and Dead If You Don''t . Now a major ITV series, Grace , starring John Simm.

Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he's one of the most believable

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Peter James is a UK number one bestselling author, best known for writing crime and thriller novels, and the creator of the much-loved Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. Globally, his books have been translated into thirty-seven languages.

Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career - which also included stints writing for TV and producing films. He has won over forty awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award, Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger and a BAFTA nomination for The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons for which he was an Executive Producer. Many of Peter's novels have been adapted for film, TV and stage.

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'One of the best British crime writers' - Lee Child
A shocking reveal threatens to unravel Detective Superintendent Roy Grace's happy new life . . .

Grace is newly married, having moved to a country cottage with Cleo and their baby son. But his first, long-missing wife, now found, has left Grace a surprise greater than he could have imagined.

Yet the police need Grace at work: an escaped murderer who left a bullet in him is back and a Black Widow is leaving an international trail of corpses after - in every sense - bleeding them dry. Now, she's come to Brighton for her next rich target . . .

Love You Dead is a race-against-time instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major ITV show starting John Simm. Don't miss the latest pulse-pounding instalment, One Of Us Is Dead.

**23 million books sold.

Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla's favourite fictional detective.

'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' - Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series

'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

'One of the world's most popular detective series' -** ***The Guardian

'An easy 5 book' - Reader review

'Excellent as always!' - Reader review

'A brilliant addition to this excellent series' - Reader review**

*They Thought I was Dead was an instant no.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 13/05/2024