Order of Peter James Books
Peter James is an English novelist who also worked as a screenwriter and producer in film. His series features Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who is based in Brighton (James’ hometown). The genres covered by James include techno-thrillers, spy fiction and supernatural thrillers.
Peter James’ first novel, Dead Letter Drop, was published in 1981. For the next 20+ years, he wrote standalone novels until beginning the Roy Grace series in 2005. Below is a list of Peter James’ novels in order of publication date and chronological order:
Publication Order of Roy Grace Books
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Dead Simple |
(2005) |
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Looking Good Dead |
(2006) |
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Not Dead Enough |
(2007) |
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Dead Man’s Footsteps |
(2008) |
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Dead Tomorrow |
(2009) |
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Dead Like You |
(2010) |
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Dead Man’s Grip |
(2011) |
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Not Dead Yet |
(2012) |
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Dead Man’s Time |
(2013) |
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Want You Dead |
(2014) |
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You Are Dead |
(2015) |
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Love You Dead |
(2016) |
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Need You Dead |
(2017) |
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Dead If You Don’t |
(2018) |
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Dead at First Sight |
(2019) |
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Find Them Dead |
(2020) |
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Left You Dead |
(2021) |
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Picture You Dead |
(2022) |
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Stop Them Dead |
(2023) |
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They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy’s Story |
(2024) |
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One of Us Is Dead |
(2024) |
Publication Order of Roy Grace Short Stories/Novellas Books
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Footloose |
(2019) |
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Wish You Were Dead |
(2021) |
Publication Order of Cold Hill Books
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The House on Cold Hill |
(2015) |
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The Secret of Cold Hill |
(2019) |
Publication Order of Max Flynn Books
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Dead Letter Drop |
(1981) |
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Atom Bomb Angel |
(1983) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Billionaire |
(1983) |
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Biggles The Storybook |
(1986) |
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Possession |
(1988) |
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Dreamer |
(1989) |
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Sweet Heart |
(1990) |
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Twilight |
(1991) |
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Prophecy |
(1992) |
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Host |
(1993) |
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Alchemist |
(1996) |
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Getting Wired! |
(1996) |
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The Truth |
(1997) |
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Denial |
(1998) |
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Faith |
(2000) |
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Perfect People |
(2011) |
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Absolute Proof |
(2017) |
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I Follow You |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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A Twist of the Knife |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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The Perfect Murder |
(2010) |
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Christmas is for the Kids |
(2011) |
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In the Nick of Time |
(2014) |
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Footloose |
(2019) |
Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books
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Honor & … |
(2017) |
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Deserves to Be Dead |
(2017) |
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Getaway |
(2017) |
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Midnight Flame |
(2018) |
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Short Story |
(2019) |
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Past Prologue |
(2019) |
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Faking a Murderer |
(2019) |
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Dig Here |
(2019) |
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Taking the Veil |
(2019) |
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Rambo on Their Minds |
(2019) |
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Footloose |
(2019) |
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Death Comes Knocking |
(2016) |
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Babes In The Wood |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Giant Book of Fantasy Tales |
(1996) |
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 |
(2010) |
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The Sounds Of Crime |
(2010) |
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No Rest for the Dead |
(2011) |
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Venice Noir |
(2012) |
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The Killer Cookbook |
(2012) |
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OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters |
(2014) |
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FaceOff |
(2014) |
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MatchUp |
(2017) |
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Ten Year Stretch |
(2018) |
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Afraid of the Shadows |
(2021) |
Notes: In the Nick of Time was co-authored with Ian Rankin. Death Comes Knocking was written with Graham Bartlett.