Peter James

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Birth year: 1948

Country: United Kingdom

Peter James is a renowned author of numerous highly acclaimed thrillers, with two of his works already adapted into popular TV films. Currently, there are more of his novels in the process of being brought to the screen. Born in 1948, he received his education at Charterhouse before settling down in Sussex, close to the town of Lewes.

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Awards

Barry

2012

CWA

2016

Featured books

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No Rest for the Dead

All books of Peter James

Novel

book cover of No Rest for the Dead

No Rest for the Dead

2011

Recommendations by this author

Karin Slaughter 16 books Author

“A great writer at the peak of her powers”

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Circle of Days by Ken Follett 2025 Novel

“A tour de force”

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Gabriel's Moon (Gabriel Dax series #1) by William Boyd 2024 Novel

“Engaging, intelligent and deeply satisfying. I rate him one of our greatest living novelists”

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Red Wolves (Scott Pearce series #2) by Adam Hamdy 2021 Novel

“Ever inventive, ever surprising, Hamdy is fast carving a name as one of the most intelligent and gripping thriller writers of our time”

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Black 13 (Scott Pearce series #1) by Adam Hamdy 2020 Novel

“Hamdy sets a new benchmark for the modern spy thriller. Relentless, intelligent, disturbing - and highly addictive. I loved it.”