This is the 6th Roy Grace thriller. Grace finds himself investigating crimes that bear similar characteristics to some unsolved crime over ten years earlier. With the opening up of these old cases we also go back in time to Grace’s life back then, before his wife mysteriously disappeared. Another gripping read.
'One of the best British crime writers' - Lee ChildWhen 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.*****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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'One of the best British crime writers' - Lee ChildWhen 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.
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Dead Like You was written by Peter James and published by Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Dead Like You has 658 pages
Yes it is part of The Detective Superintendent Roy Grace Books series
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