THE PERFECT MURDER

Detective & Mystery Stories Short Stories & Anthologies

By Peter James

Synopsis

Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for nearly twenty years. Victor secretly loathes Joan more and more each day. Joan is bored by Victor, and his snoring drives her mad. Their marriage has reached a crisis point. Victor decides there is only one way to get Joan out of his life for ever, but he's about to get a nasty surprise. Quick Reads

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Narrator	Paul Panting
Length	2hrs 15mins
Catalogue No.	9601
Publisher	Clipper Audio Books

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BILLIONAIRE

City stockbroker Alex Rocq leads a comfortable life - with a luxury flat in London, a very expensive car and a lucrative job. But soon his luck comes to an abrupt end. He is offered the chance to write off his debts - in exchange for special services and silence. But how far will a desperate man go to harness the power players around him?

DEAD LETTER DROP

Max Flynn, undercover agent, has the unenviable job of spying on his own side. But the hazy, murky world of counter espionage leaves no room for errors of judgement and Flynn knows he's finished if he makes one false move.

DEAD LIKE YOU

After a New Year's Eve ball, a woman is raped as she returns to her hotel room. A week later, another woman is attacked. Superintendent Roy Grace realises that these new cases bear close similarities to an unsolved series of crimes in Brighton back in 1997. When more women are assaulted, Grace becomes increasingly certain that they are dealing with the same twisted individual... Roy Grace, book 6.

DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS

The discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman's body in a storm drain in Brighton, leads Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton... Roy Grace, book 4.

DEAD MAN'S GRIP

Carly Chase is traumatised after being in a fatal traffic accident. When the drivers of the other vehicles involved are found murdered, Detective Superintendant Roy Grace issues her a stark and urgent warning: She could be next. The police advise Carly her only option is to go into hiding. But she disagrees… Roy Grace, book 7.

DEAD MAN'S TIME

A robbery at a Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant dying and millions taken in valuables. But, as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, heading the enquiry, rapidly learns, there is one item, of sentimental value, that her powerful family care about above all else, and they are ready to take the law into their own hands... Roy Grace, book 9

DEAD SIMPLE

It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. But with only three days to the wedding, Michael Harrison has disappeared and his friends are dead. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know Michael's whereabouts is saying nothing - for one man's disaster is another man's fortune.. Roy Grace, book 1

DEAD TOMORROW

Lynn Barrett’s daughter is awaiting a liver transplant and turns in desperation to the internet. A few days later the organ broker contacts her to say she has found a perfect match, but at a price. Meanwhile Roy Grace is working on a case of child traffickers, some of whom are being traded as organ donors…. Contains violent scenes. Book 5

DREAMER

The last time the dream came, Sam was seven years old, and that was the night her parents were to die. Twenty-five years later, Sam's nightmares are starting to come true once more. Now a successful TV commercials producer, juggling her roles of career woman, wife and mother, she attempts to shut them out. But soon Sam is faced with the reality of dreams in which her life and the lives of her family are threatened. In desperation, she consults the experts: a psychiatrist; a clairvoyant...but to no avail. Sam is being inexorably drawn into a vortex of terror from which there is no escape....

THE HOUSE ON COLD HILL

Moving from the heart of Brighton to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for townies Ollie and Caro Harcourt and their daughter, Jade. But within days of moving into Cold Hill House the terrified family discover it's dark history, and the horrible truth of what it could mean for them…

LOOKING GOOD DEAD

Tom Bryce picks up a CD which has been left behind on a train seat, but when he attempts to track down the owner, he finds himself the only witness to a savage killing. Reporting the crime to the police has disastrous consequences for Bryce, and when DS Roy Grace becomes involved, he finds himself up against a malign group of very well organised criminals... Roy Grace, book 2.

LOVE YOU DEAD

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is feeling the pressure from his superiors; his previous case is still giving him sleepless nights and an old adversary is back. But worse than all of this, he believes a Black Widow is operating in his city. One with a venomous mind...and venomous skills. Soon Grace comes to the frightening realization that he may have underestimated just how dangerous this lady is... Book 12

NOT DEAD ENOUGH

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is investigating the bizarre slaying of Katie Bishop, a member of Brighton's social elite. Her husband Brian appears to be in the clear - he was in another town at the time, sound asleep. But as Grace gets close to the truth, he finds - paradoxically - that it's his own beleaguered private life which is on the line... Roy Grace, book 3.

NOT DEAD YET

For the City of Brighton, the publicity value of a major Hollywood movie being filmed on location is incalculable. For Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of Sussex CID, it is a nightmare unfolding in front of his eyes. He has been warned that a stalker may be at large in his city, waiting, watching, planning… Roy Grace, book 8.

SWEET HEART

Charley has a strange feeling when she sees the idyllic mill house, the lake and the swirling mill stream; a powerful sense of recognition, as if she has been there before. Except she knows she hasn't. But in searching deep into her past, she unwittingly opens a Pandora's box of evil ... and now the terror is free.

TWILIGHT

When muffled thuds ring from the partially filled grave of a newly wed girl, an exhumation order is granted. Reporter Kate Hemingway sneaks into the small suburban churchyard when the coffin is opened, and the scene she witnesses is so horrific she can never forget it. As she starts work on the story, Kate finds herself caught up in a sinister and macabre cover-up.

A TWIST OF THE KNIFE

In this collection of short stories Peter James exposes the Achilles heel of each of his characters, and makes us question how well we can trust ourselves, and one another. Each tale carries a twist that will haunt readers for days after they turn the final page . . . Contains some explicit sexual scenes.

WANT YOU DEAD

When Red Westwood meets Bryce Laurent through an online dating agency, there is an instant attraction. But soon the truth about his past begins to emerge. Everything he has told Red about himself turns out to be lies, and her infatuation with him gradually turns to terror as Bryce intends to destroy everything and everyone she has ever known - and then her too . . . Roy Grace, book 10.

YOU ARE DEAD

The last words Nick Walton hears from his fiancée, Logan Somerville, are in a terrified mobile phone call. The police are on the scene within minutes, but Logan has vanished. That same afternoon, workmen unearth the remains of a woman, who has been dead for 30 years. At first these two events seem totally unconnected. But then Roy Grace has a chilling realisation… Does Brighton have its first serial killer in over eighty years? ... Roy Grace, book 11.