After all the dire warnings that to fly to Yemen was insane, we landed in Sana’a on a Tuesday evening, to one of the most friendly airports I’ve been to. US immigration officers should spend a few days there getting a lesson in politeness. Having been on a five week German, US and then French…
I’m just back from ten days in Yemen and Oman, and a very mixed bag of experiences. I went there as one of a group of four UK crime writers to lecture on the ship “Spirit of Adventure” (I tried to persuade them to give the ship to me as a thank-you prezzie, but all…
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:…
I’m really thrilled to be able to tell you that this weekend in Cognac, France, I won Le Prix Polar International, for Comme Une Tombe (Dead Simple in French translation), the top award at the 11th Polar Salon held in Cognac this weekend. This is one of the most prestigious literary awards for crimewriting in…
Some new dates for appearances this year: December 3rdMunich, Germany December 5th to 11thCourmayeur, Italy – at the “Cormayeur Noir In Festival” – I will be a judge on the International Jury of Cinema. On Thursday Nov 27th at 10.30 I will be interviewed about Dead Simple and my writing by Lia Volpatti. Jan 31st…
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…
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…
A few months ago I had one of those invitations that no man in his right mind would refuse – a phone call from Sharon Stone inviting me to accompany her to the London premiere of Basic Instinct 2. Sharon Stone and Peter James I had become friends with Sharon – or Shaz as Rupert…
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…
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…