Grace author Peter James to donate earnings from new book

Peter is best-known for his thrillers about Brighton detective Roy Grace, recently turned into a hit TV drama.

Now he and his publishing company Pan Macmillan have decided to give the Sussex Police Charitable Trust £3 from every sale of Left You Dead made at City Books in Western Road, Hove.

The trust helps police officers, staff, special constables, pensioners and family members when they are in need. It gives advice and provides financial support.

This publication I have teamed up with @panmacmillan
to donate £3 for every copy of #LeftYouDead sold by @citybookshove to The Sussex Police Charitable Trust, a wonderful charity helping officers & their families at their moments of most need.

Order now> https://t.co/8GDiayVHl5 pic.twitter.com/ePvH9nHwn8

— Peter James (@peterjamesuk) May 11, 2021

Left You Dead is the 17th in the best-selling Grace series and is once again set in Peter's beloved Brighton.

The book is out on Thursday and all this week The Argus is publishing exclusive extracts from it.

It tells the story of Eden Paternoster, who goes into a shop for a bag of cat litter while her husband Niall waits outside... but she never returns.

ITV crime drama Grace, based on the novels of Peter James, was filmed in Brighton and locations across Sussex Credit: ITV/ Second Act Productions/ Vaudeville Productions/ Grace

The release of Left You Dead will be the start of a busy time for Peter.

Two weeks after Left You Dead is released, his novella for the Reading Agency's Quick Reads programme, aimed at getting less confident readers back into books, will be launched on May 27.

Peter's contribution, Wish You Were Dead, centres around Roy Grace's family on a "holiday from hell".

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Following its world premiere this summer, a stage play of Looking Good Dead, starring Adam Woodyatt in the lead role, is set for a run at Brighton's Theatre Royal in October.

And filming is also due to begin later this year on the second series of ITV's small screen adaptation Grace, with three new 120-minute films based on Peter's novels Not Dead Enough, Dead Man’s Footsteps and Dead Tomorrow.