Order of Peter James Books

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

Dead Simple

(2005)

Looking Good Dead

(2006)

Not Dead Enough

(2007)

Dead Man’s Footsteps

(2008)

Dead Tomorrow

(2009)

Dead Like You

(2010)

Dead Man’s Grip

(2011)

Not Dead Yet

(2012)

Dead Man’s Time

(2013)

Want You Dead

(2014)

You Are Dead

(2015)

Love You Dead

(2016)

Need You Dead

(2017)

Dead If You Don’t

(2018)

Dead at First Sight

(2019)

Find Them Dead

(2020)

Left You Dead

(2021)

Picture You Dead

(2022)

Stop Them Dead

(2023)

They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy’s Story

(2024)

One of Us Is Dead

(2024)

Publication Order of Roy Grace Short Stories/Novellas Books

Footloose (With: Val McDermid)

(2019)

Wish You Were Dead

(2021)

Publication Order of Cold Hill Books

The House on Cold Hill

(2015)

The Secret of Cold Hill

(2019)

Publication Order of Max Flynn Books

Dead Letter Drop

(1981)

Atom Bomb Angel

(1983)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Billionaire

(1983)

Biggles The Storybook

(1986)

Possession

(1988)

Dreamer

(1989)

Sweet Heart

(1990)

Twilight

(1991)

Prophecy

(1992)

Host

(1993)

Alchemist

(1996)

Getting Wired!

(1996)

The Truth

(1997)

Denial

(1998)

Faith

(2000)

Perfect People

(2011)

Absolute Proof

(2017)

I Follow You

(2020)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

A Twist of the Knife

(2014)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Perfect Murder

(2010)

Christmas is for the Kids

(2011)

In the Nick of Time (With: Ian Rankin)

(2014)

Footloose (With: Val McDermid)

(2019)

Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books

Honor & … (By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown)

(2017)

Deserves to Be Dead (By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson)

(2017)

Getaway (By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille)

(2017)

Midnight Flame (By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian)

(2018)

Short Story (By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta)

(2019)

Past Prologue (By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry)

(2019)

Faking a Murderer (By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs)

(2019)

Dig Here (By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross)

(2019)

Taking the Veil (By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader)

(2019)

Rambo on Their Minds (By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell)

(2019)

Footloose (With: Val McDermid)

(2019)

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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Death Comes Knocking (With: Graham Bartlett)

(2016)

Babes In The Wood (With: Graham Bartlett)

(2020)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Giant Book of Fantasy Tales

(1996)

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7

(2010)

The Sounds Of Crime

(2010)

No Rest for the Dead

(2011)

Venice Noir

(2012)

The Killer Cookbook

(2012)

OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters

(2014)

FaceOff

(2014)

MatchUp

(2017)

Ten Year Stretch

(2018)

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.