Roy Grace · Book 17

Left You Dead

Published
1 January 2021
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781529004250
Type
novel
Cover of Left You Dead

About this book

Left You Dead is the 17th book in the Roy Grace series, written by Peter James, published in 2021 at 400 pages. In the reading order it follows Find Them Dead and precedes Wish You Were Dead: Quick Reads.

Key facts about Left You Dead

Peter James wrote Left You Dead, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2021. The book has 400 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781529004250 to find the main one.

Left You Dead is book 17 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

Left You Dead is book 17 in the Roy Grace series. It follows Find Them Dead. It is followed by Wish You Were Dead: Quick Reads. 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…

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