Peter James Selection IV RMT709D

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 - When an elderly widow is left for dead in her Brighton mansion and priceless heirlooms vanish, Roy Grace traces a bloody provenance back to gangland New York in 1922 - and a feud that never died.

Peter James, You Are Dead - Logan Somerville vanishes mid-call to her fiancé in a Brighton car park. Roy Grace faces the city's first serial killer in decades, targeting women with long brown hair, as thirty-year-old skeletal remains surface.

Peter James, Dead Man's Footsteps - Amid the chaos of 9/11, Brighton operator Ronnie Wilson seizes his moment to disappear, leaving debts and damage behind. Years later, skeletal remains in a storm drain bring Roy Grace to the truth.