Peter James es un autor superventas mundial, conocido por sus novelas de crimen y suspense y el creador del querido Detective Superintendente Roy Grace. Sus historias son sinónimo de emocionantes novelas de giros argumentales que han ganado un gran número de seguidores leales. James construye magistralmente el suspense y a menudo explora los aspectos más oscuros de la naturaleza humana, lo que lo convierte en una figura destacada del género. Su habilidad para crear personajes creíbles y tramas intrincadas asegura que sus obras tengan un atractivo perdurable.
La vida de Lynn Barrett se convierte en una pesadilla cuando a su hija Caitlin se le diagnostica un cáncer de hígado terminal. La escasez de órganos hace que la desesperada Lynn recurra a un traficante de órganos, quien casi enseguida le confirma que ha encontrado a una donante perfecta. Entretanto, Roy Grace está trabajando en un caso en que a los restos de tres jóvenes que han aparecido en las profundidades de la costa de Brighton les faltan los órganos vitales? La pista llevará a Grace al este de Europa, donde operan las mafias de traficantes de órganos.
En el hotel Metropole de Brighton, la noche de Nochevieja una mujer es brutalmente violada cuando regresa a su habitacion. Una semana mas tarde alguien ataca a otra mujer. el violador se lleva los zapatos de las dos... el detective Roy Grace se da cuenta
Una obsesión mortal solo es el principio? Para el productor de Los Angeles Larry Brooker, esta es la película que podría traerle la suerte que durante tanto tiempo le ha estado esquivando. Para la estrella mundial, Gaia, desesperada porque se la tomen en serio como actriz, este es el papel que podría darle una nominación a los Oscars. Para la ciudad de Brighton, los ingresos y la publicidad puede llegar a traer una súper producción de Hollywood sobre la mayor historia de amor ?la del el rey Jorge IV y Maria Fitzherbet? de la que la ciudad fue escenario, son incalculables. Pero para el detective Roy Grace todo esto es una pesadilla hecha realidad. Un acosador obsesionado por Gaia anda suelto, incluso parece que ha viajado desde California a Brighton y ahí está, esperando, vigilando, acechando? «La tensión del siniestro argumento, bien entrelazada con un fino sentido del humor, de esta historia sobre gente de Hollywood que se enfrenta a un fragmento de la historia inglesa, revela que James está en perfecta forma.» The Times
Cuatro cuerpos, un sospechoso, ninguna pista. El primer caso del detective Roy Grace. Se suponía que sería una broma inofensiva, pero algo ocurrió. Michael Harrison ha desaparecido y cuatro de sus amigos han muerto. Faltaban tres días para su boda y Ashley Harper, su prometida, contacta al detective Grace, un hombre atormentado por el recuerdo de su mujer desaparrecida, para pedirle ayuda. Pronto, Grace descubrirá que la única persona que conoce el paradero de Michael no tiene intención de hablar... al menos de momento.
In Dead Man's Time , the latest from international bestselling author Peter James, Roy Grace finds himself up against that most dangerous of all adversaries—a man with fury in his heart who has nothing to lose. New York, 1922. Five-year-old Gavin Daly and his seven-year-old sister, Aileen, are boarding the SS Mauretania to Dublin—and safety. Their mother has been shot and their Irish mobster father abducted. Suddenly, a messenger hands Gavin a piece of paper on which are written four names and eleven numbers, a cryptic message that will haunt him all his life, and his father's pocket watch. As the ship sails, Gavin watches Manhattan fade into the dusk and makes a promise, that one day he will return and find his father. Brighton, 2012. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace investigates a savage burglary in Brighton, in which an old lady is murdered and £10m of antiques have been taken, including a rare vintage watch. To Grace's surprise, the antiques are unimportant to her family—it is the watch they want back. As his investigation probes deeper, he realizes he has kicked over a hornets nest of new and ancient hatreds. At its heart is one man, Gavin Daly, the dead woman's ninety-five-year-old brother. He has a score to settle and a promise to keep—both of which lead to a murderous trail linking the antiques world of Brighton, the crime fraternity of Spain's Marbella, and New York. Roy Grace, in a race against the clock to stop another killing, has met his most dangerous adversary yet.
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. For Brighton and Hove, the publicity value of a major Hollywood movie being filmed on location, about the city's greatest love story - between King George IV and Maria Fitzherbert - is incalculable. For Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of Sussex CID, it is a nightmare unfolding in front of his eyes. An obsessed stalker is after Gaia. One attempt on her life is made days before she leaves her Bel Air home to fly to Brighton. Now, he has been warned, the stalker may be at large in his city, waiting, watching, planning. 'Peter James is on a roll with his Roy Grace novels . . . an authentic, well-researched and compelling read' Daily Express Visit his website at www.peterjames.com Or follow him on Twitter @PeterJamesUK Or Facebook: facebook.com/peterjames.roygrace
Carly Chase is still traumatised after being in a fatal traffic accident which kills a teenage student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare. The drivers of the other two vehicles involved have been found tortured and murdered. Now Detective Superintendant Roy Grace of the Sussex Police force issues a stark and urgent warning to Carly: She could be next. The police advise Carly her only option is to go into hiding and change her identity. The terrified woman disagrees, she knows these people have ways of hunting you down anywhere. If the police are unable to stop them, she has to find a way to do it herself. But already the killer is one step ahead of her, watching, waiting, and ready.
An ugly duckling as a child, Jodie Bentley had two dreams in life - to be
beautiful and rich. She's achieved the first, with a little help from a
plastic surgeon, and now she's working hard on the second. Her philosophy on
money is simple: you can either earn it or marry it. Marrying is easy, it's
getting rid of the husband afterwards that's harder, that takes real skill.
But hey, practice makes perfect ...Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is
feeling the pressure from his superiors, his previous case is still giving him
sleepless nights, there have been major developments with his missing wife
Sandy, and an old adversary is back. But worse than all of this, he now
believes a Black Widow is operating in his city. One with a venomous mind
...and venomous skills. Soon Grace comes to the frightening realization that
he may have underestimated just how dangerous this lady is. Love You Dead is
the gripping twelfth book in Peter James' Roy Grace series.
This precise and well-structured book focuses on the mechanics (its evolution and the debates it generates) of the German electoral system. Students and academics concerned with German politics in particular and German or European studies more generally, will find this book valuable.
