Dead Simple

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Meet Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on his unforgettable first major case by award winning crime author Peter James, read by Daniel Weyman.

It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. But a few hours later, the groom has disappeared and his friends are dead.

With only three days to the wedding, Roy Grace is contacted by the man’s distraught fiancée to unearth what happened on that fateful night.

The one man who ought to know of the groom’s whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot more to gain than anyone realizes, for one man’s disaster is another man’s fortune . . .

Although the Roy Grace novels can be enjoyed in any order, Dead Simple is the first thrilling title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Looking Good Dead and Not Dead Enough.

Now a major ITV series, Grace, adapted for television by screenwriter Russell Lewis and starring John Simm.


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23 million copies sold.

Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla’s favourite fictional detective.

'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' – Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series

'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers and therefore one of the best in the world' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

'One of the world’s most popular detective series' –
The Guardian

Critics Review

A terrific tale of greed, seduction and betrayal

Daily Telegraph

Ingenious plotting, high suspense and tight writing

Daily Mail

Sinister and riveting . . . Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world

Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels

Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business

Karin Slaughter, author of False Witness and After That Night

One of the world’s most popular detective series

The Guardian

A typically clever and convoluted central mystery

Daily Mirror on Left You Dead

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