Dead Man's Grip
- Published
- 1 January 2011
- Pages
- 406
- ISBN-13
- 9781447272618
- Type
- novel
About this book
Dead Man's Grip is the 7th book in the Roy Grace series, written by Peter James, published in 2011 at 406 pages. In the reading order it follows Dead Like You and precedes Not Dead Yet.
Key facts about Dead Man's Grip
Dead Man's Grip is a novel by Peter James. Readers have had it since 2011. It runs to 406 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Dead Man's Grip. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781447272618 to find the main one.
Dead Man's Grip is book 7 of 24 in the Roy Grace series. The series has 24 published books. However, the series starts with Dead Simple (2005). Dead in Three Two One is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 22 October 2026.
That series sits on our police procedural shelf. Meanwhile, Dead in Three Two One is the latest published Peter James book on file, from 22 October 2026.
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.
Its place in Roy Grace
Dead Man's Grip is book 7 in the Roy Grace series. It follows Dead Like You. It is followed by Not Dead Yet. See the full Roy Grace reading order.
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace runs Major Crime for Sussex Police out of Brighton, a city Peter James renders with the same obsessive, insider detail he brings to procedure itself — James spent years riding along with real CID officers, and it shows in the forensic accuracy of every investigation. Each novel (all titled with some variant of the word "Dead") is a self-contained case, but Grace's personal life runs as a serialised thread underneath: the unexplained 1997 disappearance of his first wife, Sandy…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781447272618