Peter James

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born

August 22, 1948 in Brighton, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.peterjames.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, Children's Books

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Peter James has been a screenwriter and film producer, and is now the author of best selling crime novels. James has written 25 books, the most recent of which feature Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. His books have been translated into 29 languages. In England they are published by Pan Books and in the US by Carroll & Graf Publishers. James has written supernatural thrillers, spy fiction, Michael Crichton-style science-based thrillers, and a children's novel, as well as the introductions for Graham Masterton's collection 'Manitou Man' and Joe Rattigan's collection 'Ghosts Far From Subtle'.

He also wrote, as 'a labour of love' the children's novelisation for the 1986 movie 'Biggles', which he also produced. James is a l...more

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Books by Peter James

Average rating: 3.88 · 5,665 ratings · 799 reviews · 32 distinct works

	Dead Simple (Roy Grace, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 1,171 ratings — published 2005 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Not Dead Enough (Roy Grace, #3) 4.00 avg rating — 646 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Looking Good Dead (Roy Grace, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 2006 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Dead Like You (Roy Grace, #6) 3.83 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Dead Man's Footsteps (Roy Grace, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 2008 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Dead Tomorrow (Roy Grace, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Dead Man's Grip (Roy Grace, #7) 3.98 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Perfect People 3.83 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Perfect Murder 3.55 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Possession 3.36 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	My rating:

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Series by Peter James

Roy Grace (8 books)
by Peter James

3.93 avg rating — 4,437 ratings

Max Flynn (2 books)
by Peter James

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings

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Quotes by Peter James

“All men lie. That's how they operate. if you want a longterm relationship with a man you've got to understand it's going to be with a liar. It's in their nature - it's genetic, it's a bloody Darwinian acquired characteristic for survival, OK? They tell you what they want you to hear.”
― Peter James, Dead Like You

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“The world is changing and people don't like change.”
― Peter James, Perfect People

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“We should all let our inner voices take control from time to time. Let them have their say. We let them take control when we're driving down the motorway sometimes, and they don't do a bad job. Maybe we all need to have a little more faith in ourselves.”
― Peter James, Denial

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