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Not dead yet / by James, Peter,1948-;
For LA producer Larry Brooker, this is the movie that could bring the fortune that has so long eluded him. For rock superstar, Gaia, desperate to be taken seriously as an actor, this is the role that could get her an Oscar nomination.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police;
© 2012., Macmillan,
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Dead man's time / by James, Peter,1948-;
A robbery at a Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant dying and millions taken in valuables. But, as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, heading the enquiry, rapidly learns, there is one item, of sentimental value, that her powerful family care about above all else, and they are ready to take the law into their own hands.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police;
© 2013., Macmillan,
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You are dead / by James, Peter,1948-author.;
You are Dead is the eleventh thrilling crime novel in Peter James' Roy Grace series. They were marked for death. The last words Jamie Ball hears from his fiancě, Logan Somerville, are in a terrified mobile phone call. She has just driven into the underground car park beneath the block of flats where they live in Brighton. Then she screams and the phone goes dead. The police are on the scene within minutes, but Logan has vanished, leaving behind her neatly parked car and mobile phone. That same afternoon, workmen digging up a park in another part of the city, unearth the remains of a woman in her early twenties, who has been dead for thirty years. At first, to Roy Grace and his team, these two events seem totally unconnected. But then another young woman in Brighton goes missing - and yet another body from the past surfaces. Meanwhile, an eminent London psychiatrist meets with a man who claims to know information about Logan. And Roy Grace has the chilling realization that this information holds the key to both the past and present crimes ... Does Brighton have its first serial killer in over eighty years?
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police;
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Want you dead / by James, Peter,1948-author.;
When Red Cameron meets handsome, charming and rich Bryce Laurent through an online dating agency, there is an instant attraction. But as their love blossoms, the truth about his past, and his dark side, begins to emerge. Everything he has told Red about himself turns out to be a tissue of lies, and her infatuation with him gradually turns to terror. Within a year, and under police protection, she evicts him from her flat and her life. But her nightmare is only just beginning. For Bryce is obsessed with her, and he intends to destroy everything and everyone she has ever known and loved - and then her too.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police;
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Dead at first sight / by James, Peter,1948-author.;
Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author Peter James, exposes the dark side of the internet in Dead at First Sight.You don't know me, but I thought I knew you ... A man waits at a London airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida's Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they've been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world - and that neither women exist. Meanwhile, a wealthy divorcée plunges, in suspicious circumstances, from an apartment block in Munich. In the same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton, that is clearly not what it seems. As his investigations continue, a handsome Brighton motivational speaker comes forward. He's discovered his identity is being used to scam eleven different women, online. The first he knew of it was a phone call from one of them, out of the blue, saying, 'You don't know me, but I thought I knew you'. That woman is now dead. Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. A global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams and the murder of anyone who threatens to expose them.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police;
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Dead man's grip / by James, Peter,1948-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police; Stalking;
© c2011., Macmillan,
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Need you dead / by James, Peter,1948-author.;
Lorna Belling, desperate to escape the marriage from hell, falls for the charms of another man who promises her the earth. But, as Lorna finds, life seldom follows the plans you've made. A chance photograph on a client's mobile phone changes everything for her. When the body of a woman is found in a bath in Brighton, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to the scene. At first it looks an open and shut case with a clear prime suspect. Then other scenarios begin to present themselves, each of them tantalizingly plausible, until, in a sudden turn of events, and to his utter disbelief, the case turns more sinister than Grace could ever have imagined.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police; Murder;
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Dead if you don't / by James, Peter,1948-author.;
Shortly after Kipp Brown and his teenage son, Mungo, arrive at the Amex stadium for their team's biggest-ever football game, Mungo disappears. A short while later Kipp receives a text with a ransom demand and a a terrifying warning: We have your son. If you wish to see him alive again you will not contact the police and you will follow our instructions very carefully. But as a massive, covert manhunt for the boy and his kidnappers begins, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace starts to realize that not all is what it seems.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Police; Murder; Kidnapping;
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They thought I was dead : Sandy's story / by James, Peter,1948-author.;
"Peter James, the number one, multi-million copy bestselling author of the Grace series returns to finally reveal the events of Roy Grace's tortured past -- the truth behind his wife's disappearance. Thrillingly told from her perspective, this is Sandy's story. Some will know how it begins ... 'My name is Sandy. My husband is Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. But when I disappeared, even he couldn't find me ... This is my story.' There's more to Sandy than meets the eye. A woman with a dubious past, a complicated present and an uncertain future. Then she was gone. Some will think they know how it ends ... Her disappearance caused a nationwide search. Even the best detective on the force couldn't find her. They thought she was dead. But nobody knows this ... Where did she go? Why did she run? What would cause a woman to leave her whole life behind and simply vanish? For the first time the truth behind Sandy Grace's dramatic disappearance is revealed. They Thought I Was Dead will thrill fans and new readers alike with its gripping story of a woman on the run. This is Sandy's story."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Married people; Missing persons; Police;
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One of us is dead / by James, Peter,1948-author.;
Hunting him would be murder ... When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But, as the service progresses, Taylor notices a man six rows in front of him. At first he thinks he must be mistaken, but the more he looks at the man, the more convinced Taylor becomes that this is his old school friend Rufus Rorke. Except it couldn't be him, could it? Because two years ago Taylor attended Rufus Rorke's funeral. He even delivered Rufus's eulogy. On the other side of Brighton, at Police HQ, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been alerted to a number of suspicious deaths that he can't get out of his mind. But how are they linked? And how could they possibly be connected to Rufus Rorke? Roy Grace is about to find out just how dangerous a dead man can be.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Grace, Roy (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation; Murder; Police;
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