Dead Like You - Peter James

Synopsis of the book: A woman is brutally raped in a Hotel in Brighton on New Years Eve. And despite her ordeal she has the courage to give the Police detailed information to what she was subjected too. The key being her expensive designers shoes. This brings in Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who remembers a series of rapes that happened in the area back in 1997, that involved a similar type of torture for what became know as the 'Shoe man'. He raped four local women and Grace believed he was responsible for another one disappearing. The question Grace and his team have is is this the ... more

The Author Peter James is a very successful man. Not only has he been a published author since 1981, he has also had a career in television and film. He worked in film and TV between 1970 and 1978 with a large proportion of that running a joint production company until he sold out in 1979. In 1981 his first book ‘Biggles: The Untold Story’ was released and he has since gone on to write over more than 20 books with his latest being the 6th in the Roy Grace series. This series is based around Detective Superintendant Roy Grace who lives and works in the area Brighton. Peter James himself was ... more

Brighton is faced with a serial rapist who appears to have a fetish for shoes - after the rape, he removes the woman's shoes and takes them with him. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is immediately reminded of a previous unsolved case that he was involved in several years before, during which a young girl disappeared, never to be found. It was precisely at that time that Grace's own wife, Sandy, disappeared and, although he is now having a child with another woman, he has never been able to forget Sandy. If the rapist has reared his ugly head again, why has he chosen to do so after so long ... more