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The fourth series aired in Autumn 2024 and the fifth series will be broadcast in 2025.

Successful nationwide tours of the stage plays of THE PERFECT MURDER(2014) and DEAD SIMPLE(2015) have packed theatres in dozens of British cities, and garnered magnificent reviews and NOT DEAD ENOUGH opened to full houses and acclaim in 2017.

Peter’s Roy Grace novels have had 11 consecutive Sunday Times No 1s. ‘Love You Dead’ in hardback was Peter’s eleventh Sunday Times No 1 bestseller and Peter’s first non-fiction title ‘Death Comes Knocking’ written in association with Graham Bartlett, Head of Sussex Police was published in July 2016, scoring Peter a hat-trick of titles in the Sunday Times charts within a month.

Peter’s novella, ‘The Perfect Murder’ (2010) went straight in at No 1 in the iBooks chart and spent 40 consecutive weeks in the iBooks Top 10.

He also co-created the hit Channel 4 series Bedsitcom, which was nominated for a Rose d'Or.

‘Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.’ — Karin Slaughter

‘Roy Grace is the very best of the middle aged male British detectives – there’s a whole bunch, but he is the best. It was adapted into a play called 'The Perfect Murder' which did its first, smash hit tour starring Les Dennis in 2014 and toured again with Shane Ritchie and Jessie Wallace in Spring 2016.

He has produced numerous films, including 'The Merchant of Venice', starring Al Pacino. With a total of 21 Sunday Times No. 1s under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 23 million copies to date and has been translated into 38 languages.

Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career – which also included stints writing for TV and producing films.

His Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, set in Brighton – translated into thirty-eight languages with worldwide sales of over twenty-three million copies – has given him twenty Sunday Times Number Ones. In the Autumn of 2012, 'Not Dead Yet' toppled the 50 Shades Of Grey trilogy off the No 1 paperback fiction slot, ending its 25 week domination of the chart and in May 2015, 'You Are Dead', derailed 'The Girl On The Train' from its 3 month chart domination going straight in at No 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller charts.

Peter took part in the launch podcast of the Queen’s Reading Room in January 2024, having had the Grace series featured on the Royal Reading Room previously. He appeared on the podcast again in June 2024, where he was named one of Her Majesty’s favourite crime writers and Roy Grace her favourite fictional detective.

In addition to his career as a novelist, he has produced several films, including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes.

Many of Peter’s novels have been adapted for film, TV and stage....more