Need You Dead
- Published
- 1 January 2017
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN-13
- 9781509848287
- Type
- novel
About this book
Need You Dead is the 13th book in the Roy Grace series, written by Peter James, published in 2017 at 512 pages. In the reading order it follows Love You Dead and precedes Dead If You Don't.
Key facts about Need You Dead
Peter James wrote Need You Dead, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2017. The book has 512 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781509848287 to find the main one.
Need You Dead is book 13 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
Need You Dead is book 13 in the Roy Grace series. It follows Love You Dead. It is followed by Dead If You Don't. 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 9781509848287