Find Them Dead

Ending his secondment to London’s Met Police, Roy Grace gets a tip-off about a county lines drugs mastermind operating out of Brighton. On his first day back in his old job in Sussex, he is called to a seemingly senseless murder.Meanwhile, Meg Magellan finally has her life back together, five years after the car crash that killed her husband and their son. Her daughter, Laura is on her gap year travelling in South America and Meg misses her badly. Laura is all she has in the world. In between jobs, Meg receives a summons for jury service and she is selected for the trial of a major Brighton drugs overlord.While Grace’s investigation draws him increasingly into the sinister sphere of influence of the drug dealer on trial, Meg arrives home to find a photograph of Laura, in Ecuador, lying on her kitchen table. Then her phone rings. A fearsome, threatening stranger is on the line. He tells her that if she ever wants to see Laura alive again, it is very simple. At the end of the trial, all she has to do is make sure the jury says just two words … Not guilty.

'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 men.' -- Sunday Express

Peter James was educated at Charterhouse, then at film school. He lived in North America for a number of years, working as a screenwriter and film producer before returning to England. His novels, including the Sunday Times number one bestselling Roy Grace series, have been translated into thirty-five languages, with worldwide sales of fourteen million copies. Three books have been filmed. All his novels reflect his deep interest in the world of the police, with whom he does in-depth research, as well as his fascination with science, medicine and the paranormal. He has also produced numerous films, including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. He divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London, and near Brighton in Sussex. Daniel Weyman is an English stage, television and film actor. He has appeared in stage productions of As You Like It and the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of David Edgar's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. His television credits include Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA award-winning BBC drama, Dunkirk. Weyman has worked extensively in radio, audiobooks and voiceover. His reading of Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud won a prestigious Best Audiobook of the Year Award from AudioFile Magazine.

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