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Informationen zum Autor PETER JAMES is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author best known for his crime thrillers featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who Queen Camilla recently named as her favourite fictional detective. Praised by critics and much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters, and accurate portrayal of modern-day policing, he has won more than 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger. His books have sold over 23 million copies worldwide, achieved 21 Sunday Times No 1s, and have been translated into 38 languages. His Roy Grace novels are currently filming their 6th season for the hit ITV drama, Grace , starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper and available to view on ITVX and on Britbox. Seven of his novels have been adapted into hit stage plays, with his most recent, Picture You Dead , now on national tour in the UK. His plays have have been named as “The most successful stage franchise since Agatha Christie. Klappentext Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla's favourite fictional detective. 23 million books sold. '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 Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major ITV show starring John Simm. A ruthless crime. A race against time. In the dead of night, a farmer confronts the intruders of a break in, having no idea that the encounter will leave him dead. What's more chilling is the truth of what the perpetrators were willing to kill for. At the scene, DS Roy Grace senses that this is no mere botched robbery; it's the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime epidemic. Ruthless gangs, operating with military precision, have discovered a new black market flourishing in the shadows - an unthinkable source of wealth even more profitable than drugs. Grace's investigation into this deadly trade pits him against people who will kill anyone who gets in their way. Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Stop Them Dead is the nineteenth thrilling title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective's investigations with One of Us is Dead . 'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' - KARIN SLAUGHTER 'The master of the craft' - DAILY EXPRESS 'Ruthlessly efficient entertainment. Pedigree fun' - THE TIMES 'One of the world's most popular detective series' - THE GUARDIAN Zusammenfassung Detective Superintendnet Roy Grace returns in a case that will test every emotion in his being in the nineteenth novel in the bestselling series....
