One of the proudest moments of life happened last Thursday, when, totally unexpectedly, Giles Yorke, Deputy Chief Constable of Sussex Police, presented me with the Sussex Police Outstanding Public Service Award. Three years ago when I was working on my 6th Roy Grace novel, Dead Like You which deals with the subject of rape, I…
I’m absolutely thrilled to have been longlisted for the highly prestigious 2012 Wellcome Trust Book Prize. And even better news you don’t have to vote for me! But… you can bet on me – or on any of the longlisted authors, if you are a gambler…. If you click on this link you’ll see all…
I’ve been nominated for a Barry Award in the US for Dead Man’s Grip, for Best British Crime Novel which I am thrilled about as this is the first US award nomination I’ve had for my novels. It is decided by public vote and I’m up against some stiff opposition: Now You See Me by…
Many of you have already very kindly voted for me in the MILLION FOR A MORGUE campaign to have a teaching mortuary in Dundeed named after a crimewriter. 10 Crimewriters are competing for votes and donations. To give you an update on the work, this is a report just in from them for their top…
Hello, Hello and greetings from Cape Cod - a place I have always wanted to visit. I’m talking on August 11th at the SEAK Conference in Hyannis for doctors and lawyers who want to write novels, and arrived early in order to escape (a tad reluctantly) the Olympics razzmatazz in the UK and focus on…
guardian.co.uk, Friday 6 July 2012 12.41 BST. The pressures on independent bookshops show no sign of relenting – more than 200 have closed since 2009 leaving only 1094 still trading this year. The annual celebration Independent Booksellers’ Week has seen a range of initiatives around the UK, from a crime writers’ festival at London’s Goldsboro…
Genre: Crime, thriller Jo Nesbo is one of the biggest names in crime fiction thanks to books such as Headhunters and The Snowman – soon to be a Scorsese film. He tells fellow crime writer Peter James how it all happened Britain has long been used to Viking invasions. So common were they between the…
Those of you who have read Not Dead Yet might enjoy this review and in particular some of the photographs…showing parts of the Royal Pavilion that appear in the book and which visitors never get to see! http://rpmcollections.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/murder-in-the-royal-pavilion-peter-james-not-dead-yet/
I was very delighted to read this in this week’s Bookseller: “Last Thursday (7th June) was one of the biggest days in the 2012 publishing calendar as publishers released some of their biggest titles of the year with Father’s Day in mind. According to Nielsen BookScan data, 39 different books released on 7th June sold…