About this book
Published in 1981 at 400 pages, "Dead Letter Drop" is the first of four straightforward Cold War-era spy thrillers that opened Peter James's career, decades before Roy Grace made him one of Britain's best-selling crime writers — among the hardest of his books to find in print today.
Key facts about Dead Letter Drop
Dead Letter Drop is a book by Peter James. Readers have had it since 1981. It runs to 400 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Dead Letter Drop. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781447255956 to find the main one.
Peter James has 46 books in our catalogue. 24 of them belong to a series, while 22 stand alone. 45 are out now, while 1 more has an announced date. Other books by Peter James on file include One of Us Is Dead (2024), They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story (2024), Stop Them Dead (2023) and Picture You Dead (2022).
After it came Atom Bomb Angel in 1982. Since then, our list has added 45 more books by Peter James.
Peter James has 1 series on file, Roy Grace. That series sits on our police procedural shelf. Meanwhile, The Hawk Is Dead is the latest published Peter James book on file, from 21 October 2025. The next announced Peter James release is due on 22 October 2026, so there is still more to come.
About Peter James
Peter James is a British crime novelist best known for the Roy Grace series, following a Brighton-based detective superintendent whose cases are complicated by his own long-running personal mystery — the unexplained disappearance of his first wife years before the series begins. See every Peter James book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781447255956