Find Them Dead

The sixteenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling author Peter James.

Roy Grace, creation of the award-winning author Peter James, unearths a powerful criminal network in Find Them Dead. 

A Brighton gangster is on trial for conspiracy to murder, following the death of a rival crime family boss. As the jury file into Lewes Crown Court, twelve anonymous people selected randomly from fifty, there is one person sitting in the public gallery observing them with keen interest, and secretly filming them. Later, a group of the accused's henchmen sit around a table with the full personal details of each of the twelve jurors in front of them. They need to influence two of them - a jury can convict if directed on a 10-2 majority verdict but no less. But which two?

When Roy Grace is called in to investigate a murder that has links to the accused and the trial, and the suspicion that an attempt has been made to intimidate jurors, he finds the reach and power of the accused's tentacles go higher than he had ever imagined.

Author bio:

Peter James is the international bestselling author of many award-winning novels. His Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, set in Brighton, has been translated into thirty-seven languages with worldwide sales of over eighteen million copies, and has given him twelve consecutive Sunday Times number ones. In 2015, WHSmith customers voted him the Greatest Crime Author of All Time, and in 2016 he became the recipient of the coveted CWA Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award for Sustained Excellence.

Peter is also the author of the short story collection A Twist of the Knife, and his standalone titles include Perfect People and Absolute Proof. Three of his novels - The Perfect Murder, Dead Simple and Not Dead Enough - have all been turned into smash-hit stage plays. All his books reflect his deep interest in the world of the police.

Before becoming a full-time author, Peter produced numerous motion pictures, including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons. Peter divides his time between his homes in Brighton and London, England.