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Roy Grace is back in this gripping new instalment from number one bestselling author Peter James. 23 million books sold. Now a major ITV/BritBox show starring John Simm as Roy Grace. Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla's favourite fictional detective. 'Peter James is one of the...
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Roy Grace is back in this gripping new instalment from number one bestselling author Peter James.
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Roy Grace is back in this gripping new instalment from number one bestselling author Peter James.
23 million books sold.
Now a major ITV/BritBox show starring John Simm as Roy Grace.
Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla's favourite fictional detective.
'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
'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' - Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series
'One of the world's most popular detective series' - The Guardian
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Roy Grace is back in this gripping new instalment from number one bestselling author Peter James. 23 million books sold. Now a major ITV/BritBox show starring John Simm as Roy Grace. Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla's favourite fictional detective. 'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers and therefore one of the best in the world' -...Paperback$3800Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order -
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529090123
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 October 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Peter James is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, best known for his crime thrillers featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who Queen Camilla recently named as her favourite fictional detective. Praised by critics and much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters and accurate portrayals of modern-day policing, he has won more than forty awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger. With a total of twenty-one Sunday Times number ones, his books have sold more than 23 million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-eight languages. The sixth season of the hit drama Grace, based on the Roy Grace novels, is currently filming, starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper. The series is available to watch on ITVX and BritBox. Seven of his novels have been adapted into hit stage productions, his most recent being Picture You Dead, and his plays have been named 'the most successful stage franchise since Agatha Christie'.
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