Synopsis
'One of the best British crime writers' – Lee Child
When unsolved crimes resurface, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces a possible copycat killing in Dead Like You, by award winning crime author Peter James.
The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New Year's Eve ball, a woman is attacked as she returns to her room. A week later, another woman is assaulted. Both victims' shoes are taken by the offender . . .
Roy Grace soon realizes that these new cases bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of crimes in the city back in 1997. Dubbed 'Shoe Man', the perpetrator was believed to have attacked five women before murdering his sixth victim and vanishing. Could this be a copycat, or has Shoe Man resurfaced?
When more women are assaulted, Grace and his team find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to identify and save the life of the new sixth victim . . .
Dead Like You is a pulse-pounding instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major ITV show starring John Simm. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective’s investigations with Dead Man's Grip and Not Dead Yet.
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23 million books 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
'An easy 5* book' – Reader review
'Excellent as always!' – Reader review
'A brilliant addition to this excellent series' – Reader review
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13 April 2023
9781035021314Reviews
Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he's one of the most believableThe Times
Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the businessKarin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series
James just gets better and better and deserves the success he has achieved with this first-class seriesIndependent on Sunday
Meticulous research gives his prose great authenticity . . . James manages to add enough surprises and drama that by the end you’re rooting for the police and really don’t know if they will finally get their menSunday Express
