Peter James | Author | LibraryThing

About the Author

Peter James was born in Brighton, England on August 22, 1948. He graduated from Ravensbourne Film School and worked as screen writer and film producer for several years. He began his writing career in 1979 and has written over 25 books including Dead Letter Drop, Twilight, Host, Alchemist, The show more Perfect Murder, Perfect People, and Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series. He won the UK Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger award in 2016. The Diamond Dagger is awarded to writers whose careers are `marked by sustained excellence¿, and who have `made a significant contribution to crime writing published in the English language¿. Recipients are selected from nominations submitted by CWA members. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Roy Grace

Max Flynn

Works by Peter James

Popular Recent

Dead Simple (2005) 1,461 copies

Looking Good Dead (2006) 919 copies

Not Dead Enough (2007) 733 copies

Dead Like You (2010) 679 copies

Dead Man's Footsteps (2008) 664 copies

Dead Tomorrow (2009) 589 copies

Dead Man's Grip (2011) 538 copies

Not Dead Yet (2012) 445 copies

Perfect People (2011) 384 copies

You Are Dead (2015) 371 copies

Dead Man's Time (2013) 367 copies

Want You Dead (2015) 333 copies

Love You Dead (2016) 288 copies

Need You Dead (2017) 258 copies

Possession (1988) 254 copies

Dead if You Don't (2018) 212 copies

The House on Cold Hill (2015) 193 copies

Dead at First Sight (2019) 187 copies

Twilight (1900) 174 copies

Absolute Proof (2019) 174 copies

Sweet Heart (1990) 169 copies

Find Them Dead (2020) 167 copies

Dreamer (1989) 155 copies

Denial (1994) 152 copies

Faith (2000) 150 copies

Alchemist (1996) 147 copies

Prophecy (1992) 145 copies

The Perfect Murder (2010) 144 copies

The Truth (1997) 143 copies

Host (1993) 133 copies

Left You Dead (2021) 129 copies

A Twist of the Knife (2014) 113 copies

Dead Simple [and] Looking Good Dead (2007) 99 copies

Picture You Dead (2022) 87 copies

The Secret of Cold Hill (2019) 82 copies

Dead Letter Drop (1981) 68 copies

I Follow You (2020) 66 copies

Billionaire (1984) 59 copies

Stop Them Dead (2023) — Author — 39 copies

Atom Bomb Angel (1983) 35 copies

Wish You Were Dead (2021) 22 copies

In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace (2014) — Author — 20 copies

Footloose [short story] (2019) 10 copies

Roy grace ebook bundle. Books 1-10 (2015) 8 copies

Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2022 (Writers' and Artists') (2021) 6 copies

Biggles: The Untold Story (Piccolo Books) (1986) 6 copies

Peter James Series Collection 13 Books Set (Faith, Prophecy, Denial, Twilight, The Truth, Dreamer, Possession, Sweet… (2014) 4 copies

Travelling Man (1984) 4 copies

Short Shockers (2013) 4 copies

Dreamer [and] Sweet Heart (2011) 4 copies

À deux pas de la mort (2012) 3 copies

Toucher mortel (2018) 3 copies

Dawne wynalazki (1997) 2 copies

Roy Grace Box Set: Books 1-10 (2016) 2 copies

Short Shockers: Collection Two (2013) 2 copies

Absoluta bevis (2019) 2 copies

Christmas is for the Kids (Short Reads) (2011) 2 copies

La Maison des oubliés (French Edition) (2019) 1 copy

As Pegadas do Morto 1 copy

Mata-me, se puderes 1 copy

Iidsed saladused (2001) 1 copy

Ik volg jou 1 copy

Getting Wired! (Technoterrors) (1997) 1 copy

Død som deg (2018) 1 copy

Det Bästas Bokval (2008) vol 255 : Levande begravd; Sadelmakarens hustru; 2 röda minuter; Änglarna i Morgan Hill 1 copy

Esquivar la muerte (Criminal (roca)) (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

12 Bolinbroke Avenue 1 copy

Ludzie doskonali (2017) 1 copy

Meet Me at the Crematorium (2011) 1 copy

Surmaga võidu (2016) 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

FaceOff (2014) — Contributor — 504 copies

No Rest for the Dead: A Serial Novel (2011) — Contributor — 407 copies

MatchUp (2017) — Contributor — 316 copies

Cyber-killers (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 106 copies

OxCrimes (2014) — Contributor — 73 copies

Venice Noir (2012) — Contributor — 58 copies

Dancing With the Dark (1999) — Contributor — 49 copies

Narrow Houses: Tales of Superstition, Suspense, and Fear (1992) — Contributor — 45 copies

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 (2010) — Contributor — 38 copies

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9 (2012) — Contributor — 31 copies

Ten Year Stretch (2018) — Foreword — 28 copies

Reader's Digest Select Editions 2006 v03 #285 (2000) 21 copies

Deadly Pleasures (2013) — Foreword — 20 copies

Dark Voices 4 : the Pan Book of Horror (1992) — Contributor — 19 copies

Guilty Consciences (2011) — Introduction & Contributor — 8 copies

Manitou Man (1998) — Introduction, some editions — 8 copies

Fabulous Brighton: An Anthology of Short Stories (2000) — Contributor — 6 copies

Terror Tales of the Ocean (2015) — Contributor — 4 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Dead Simple • The Double Eagle • Diving Through Clouds • The Closers (2008) — Author — 4 copies

Reader's Digest Select Editions: Dead Simple / The Double Eagle / Surviving With Wolves / The Closers 3 copies

Livros Condensados: Gralhas | O Filho De Eddie | Faith Uma Mulher De Coragem | Diário Para O Meu Filho (2002) 3 copies

Das Komplott, John Grisham Rigor Mortis, Peter James BösesHerz, Sandra Brown 1 copy

Tagged

20th century (32) AF (27) anthology (102) audiobook (45) Brighton (208) British (52) British crime (38) British crime fiction (48) British mystery (56) crime (497) crime and mystery (39) crime fiction (227) crime thriller (29) detective (116) ebook (135) England (148) English (25) fiction (619) horror (99) Kindle (126) library (61) literature (35) murder (109) mystery (472) novel (73) paperback (27) Peter James (34) police (43) police procedural (74) read (126) Roy Grace (187) science fiction (43) series (52) short stories (138) suspense (106) thriller (411) Thriller/Suspense Stories (27) to-read (669) UK (64) unread (35)

Common Knowledge

Canonical name: James, Peter
Birthdate: 1948-08-22
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Places of residence: Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Ditchling, Sussex, England, UK
Notting Hill, London, England, UK
Education: Ravensbourne Film School
Charterhouse School
Occupations: television writer
writing, producing, financing and distributing movies
television producer
Organizations: Crime Writers' Association
Awards and honors: Doctor of Letters, University of Brighton, 2009
Agent: Carole Blake (books)
Julian Friedmann (films)

Members

Reviews

You Are Dead (Roy Grace) by Peter James

The Grace novels are more how will they catch the culprit than who is it. This had a more hidden culprit although further into the book, it became more obvious. One of the better ones.

Flagged

infjsarah | 16 other reviews | Apr 24, 2024 |

Want You Dead (Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, 10) by Peter James

With the Grace books you usually know who the culprit is, but it's how they will be caught that the story centres on. This is a horrible stalking story and sadly probably too close to reality. I enjoyed it mostly.

½

Flagged

infjsarah | 18 other reviews | Mar 26, 2024 |