Not Dead Yet (Roy Grace, 8, Band 8)

The return of a Brighton-girl-cum-movie-star spells nothing but trouble for Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.

Gaia Lafayette has a movie to shoot on location back home and Grace is in charge of her security. Yet when a vicious gangster is released from prison and an unidentifiable headless torso is found, a nightmare unfolds before Grace's eyes.

An obsessed stalker is after Gaia - and Grace knows that they may be at large in his city, waiting, watching, planning . . .

'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers'
Lee Child

'Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he's one of the most believable'
The Times