A series well worth reading with Grace, an honest cop with a conscious, playing the lead in a cast of wonderful characters as they fight crime in the Brighton and Hove environs. They always knew, like all of us who hope to win the lottery one day, that their dream would never materialise.

Picture You Dead is another masterpiece from Peter James in the latest installment of his award-winning detective series, which is now a major TV drama starring John Simm as Roy Grace.

Whilst it can be read as a standalone book, I would recommend reading the others in the series as well. I have read all of the Roy Grace series of books and am delighted it is now a television drama as well. We not only cover the release of Picture You Dead but also other Peter James 2022/2023 releases and Peter James 2022 new books. Meanwhile, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is preparing to bury Bruno, the son he never knew he had – after the boy was knocked down and killed as he concentrated on his mobile.

As well as the familiar cast, there are new characters who are wonderfully constructed and vividly portrayed.The first two novels in the Roy Grace series, Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead, have been adapted for television by Endeavour's Russell Lewis. We’d all probably be like the Kipling’s though and plan the future with a bit of money in our pockets. His novella, ‘ The Perfect Murder,’ went to No 1 on iBooks and has spent 40 consecutive weeks in the iBooks Top 10.

Grace has dealt with numerous criminal subjects over the years while mourning the disappearance of his first wife Sandy, mentoring Glenn Branson, battling Cassian Pewe, putting up with the un-PC Norman Potting of whom he is secretly very fond and falling in love with mortuary assistant Cleo Morey and starting a family with her.

We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. His Superintendent Roy Grace books have been translated into thirty-seven languages with worldwide sales of over twenty-one million copies. The author has done a fantastic job of bringing the storyline down to characters who could have been me or you. Born and brought up in Brighton, Peter divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London and on the South Downs near Lewes in Sussex. I loved the Sussex setting and all the references which will be so recognisable to anyone from that part of the world.

Harry and Freya Kipling have long dreamed of finding something special in their boot sale tat, something that would change their lives forever. And Harry and Freya Kipling are about to discover that their dream is turning into their worst nightmare. In this latest installment, Grace and his team are looking into a 5 year old unsolved murder case of an art dealer possibly involving the theft of an old French Masterpiece.Jump right into the world of unscrupulous art dealings in this the latest in the latest offering in the Roy Grace series. The storyline was easy to read and there were no complicated plot twists, meaning all my attention went on the murders and violence throughout!