Two Appearances In Germany

I’ll be making two appearances in Germany, one in December this year and one in March 2007. Here are the details: 3rd December 2006, 8pm:Münchner Buecherschau, Kulturzentrum Gasteig/Kleiner KonzertsaalTickets: www.muenchenticket.de or 089-54818181 Here’s more information in German about the event: 25th March 2007, 6pm:Krimifestival München, Schloss Seefeld, Seefeld/Obb.Tickets: 0 81 52/98 08 97 More information:…

Looking Good Dead in German

My German publishers Verlagshaus Fischer have put together a German language website for the publication of Looking Good Dead, published there under the title “Stirb Schoen”. Or, as they say in Germany:Für alle deutschen Leser von Peter: Sie finden viele Informationen zu Peters neuestem Buch “Stirb schön” auf einer eigenen, deutschsprachigen Website unter www.stirbschoen.de sowie…

The Big Uneasy: New Orleans

I’m recently back from my first visit to New Orleans – NO for short – or as the local wags now call it, “NO Orleans.” Everyone I meet in England asks, “So, what’s it like now?” To which I can only answer, “I don’t know what it was like before, but I would happily go…

Me And William Shatner

Not that I’m the kind of person to carry a grudge – but I’ve had a small axe to grind with William Shatner for the past 37 years. It is all because of a phone call. Let me explain: When I came out of film school in London, in 1970, I went to Toronto, moving…

Back Again!

I am so sorry that I’ve left such a long gap between blogs. I fell behind my deadline for delivery of the manuscript of my new Roy Grace novel, “Not Dead Enough” and had to drop everything to finish it – thankfully now done! I’ve also been travelling extensively, most recently to New York and…

Le Prix Polar International

Just received an email from my French publishers telling me that Dead Simple (French version “Comme Une Tombe”) has been shortlisted for Le Prix Polar International award. This is quite prestigious – previous winners have included Elmore Leonard, Elizabeth George and Ian Rankin, so I am well chuffed.