Summer Recess

Please forgive me for not posting any more blogs until the week of August 1st. I have a drop-dead deadline for finishing my third Roy Grace novel, “Not Dead Enough”, so I am having to put the rest of my life and work on hold to work 24/7 in this heatwave to do so! Talk…

Bloody Offal

I had dinner with Kathy Reichs on Tuesday night, who was in a celebratory mood after learning her new novel had gone straight in the UK hardback chart at No.1. She is a really delightful lady – very intelligent and extremely funny, but with the assembled company around that table, this was never going to…

Peter James Does Porridge

I just spent this morning in prison. As you can see from the photo… But I bet you didn’t know that some cell blocks have dry cells! A dry cell is where you are taken when you are first arrested, with no running water and no lavatory so you cannot get rid of any evidence……

“Crime Among The Coffee Cups”

Peter James, along with fellow crime writers Simon Brett and Peter Lovesey, will be appearing at Ottakar’s Haywards Heath on Monday 17th July at 7pm. Please do come and say hello if you can! It is a ticketed event – please contact Ottakars Haywards Heath for details – tel. 01444 453411, fax. 01444 451932, email:…

Looking Good Dead Launch Party

Just had a great launch party for Looking Good Dead at Borders in Churchill Square, Brighton on Wednesday, June 7th, with nearly two hundred people attending. I was particularly honoured to have my dear and very close friend, writer James Herbert, come along, as well as several other writer mates, including Vicky Sinha, wife of…

Peter James Book Signings

To celebrate the publication of Looking Good Dead, I’ll be signing copies of my books at Waterstones, Notting Hill Gate, London at 2pm on Saturday, June 17th. I’ll also be appearing at:Ottakers, Worthing, Thursday June 22nd at 7pm andHeffers, Cambridge, Tuesday, July 18th at 6 to 8.30pm. Please do come along and say hello! It’s…

Got Shorty

I arrived late at the Savoy Hotel for the recent Crime Writers Association’s very smart event, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Prize. It is a lifetime achievement award, awarded annually. Last year’s recipient was Ian Rankin. This year’s was to be – ah – well – here’s the problem: I hadn’t read the invite, just had…