James has become one of Britain’s most recognisable crime writers, with his Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series earning a devoted following, not least through its successful television adaptation. This carefully chosen trio shows the author at his most gripping. Complex investigations unfold alongside the pressures of Grace’s personal life, while the modern coastal city of Brighton provides an atmospheric backdrop. Taut, intelligent and richly plotted, these novels reveal why Peter James remains one of the most reliable voices in contemporary British crime fiction.
Peter James, 'Dead Man's Time' - A robbery at a Brighton mansion leaves its elderly owner dying and a family heirloom missing: a pocket watch tying the crime to a gangland murder on the Brooklyn waterfront ninety years earlier.
Peter James, 'Not Dead Yet' - When Hollywood star Gaia Lafayette arrives in Brighton to film on location, Roy Grace is in charge of her security and already knows an obsessed stalker may have followed her across the Atlantic.
Peter James, 'Looking Good Dead' - Tom Bryce finds a CD left on a Brighton train. Playing it at home, he discovers it records a murder. When he tells Roy Grace, the killers decide his family should be next.
