Dead Like You from Peter James on Vimeo. I’m thrilled to show you this very evocative trailer that my publisher Pan Macmillan have put together for the sixth Roy Grace novel, Dead Like You, which is out in June. I think it’s beautifully shot and suitably dark and moody – what do you reckon? It…
Well, I suppose it had to happen one day – that I would fall foul of the law…. and here are the pictures below to show the whole sorry saga….! Arrested Charge being read out: “Crimes against sartorial elegance and wearing loud socks” Being processed… Languishing behind bars Time to reflect on my crimes… especially…
I don’t normally use my blog to raise funds for causes but this one is special to me. Ethan is the son of Nicky Mitchell, who was brilliantly helpful to me during my researching of Dead Tomorrow – she worked for the debt collection agency that is the model for the one my character Lynn…
As you might have already seen elsewhere on this website, my novella, The Perfect Murder, is going to be published very soon. Although the book is not officially on sale until March 4th, it is not embargoed to a specific date, like the Roy Grace novels, and a number of retailers, including Amazon, are already…
Peter James Scholarships As a token of thanks to Brighton University for awarding me an Honorary Doctorate last year, my publishers, Pan Macmillan, decided it would be a nice gesture to fund two annual scholarships for English at the University. Recently, Geoff Duffield, Group Sales and Marketing Director of Pan Macmillan, and I, attended a…
I accompanied 40 Police officers last Friday on a raid on three flats in central Brighton where the occupants were suspected of drug dealing on a large scale. It was a real adrenaline rush! It started with a 7am briefing at Hove Police Station. Then we were all shipped in vans, instructed to switch our…
I was delighted to learn that I was the most borrowed author in Brighton and Hove this past year, with Not Dead Enough hitting No 1 and Dead Man’s Footsteps at No 5. Let’s hope they all get returned! I had an email from a reader to say she had brought one of my earlier, out…
The excellent Shots crime magazine is currently running a competition where they’re giving away 3 signed copies of Dead Tomorrow – all you have to do is answer a simple Roy Grace related question to be in with a chance of winning your own copy! Please see the Shots Magazine Peter James competition page for…
I blame my mate, Arnie Wilson, ski writer for the Financial Times and editor of Ski + Board. He’s always trying to find ways to get revenge on me ever since I beat him in a mad off-piste race at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, some years back, in a duel to settle a dispute over carver…
A big thank you for all your wonderful support and enthusiasm for my writing during this past year. Thank you for your blog comments, your emails and your tweets! I wish you all a wonderful New Year and New Decade! And so does Roy, Glenn, Norman, Bella, Nick, E-J and all the rest of the…