Dead Man's Grip
Peter James
2011 Winner
CWA Specsavers Bestseller Dagger
528 pages
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’s cop Roy Grace has put the Brighton of Graham Greene into the shadeGuardian