Death Comes Knocking

Fans of Peter James and his bestselling Roy Grace series of crime novels know that his books draw on in-depth research into the lives of Brighton and Hove police and are set in a world every bit as gritty as the real thing. His friend Graham Bartlett was a long-serving detective in the city once described as Britain's "crime capital." Together they have written a gripping account of the city's most challenging cases, taking the reader from crime scenes and incident rooms to the morgue, and introducing some of the real-life detectives who inspired Peter James's characters. Whether it's the murder of a dodgy nightclub owner and his family in Sussex's worst non-terrorist mass murder or the race to find the abductor of a young girl, the authors skilfully evoke the dangerous inside story of policing, the personal toll it takes and the dedication of those who risk their lives to keep the public safe.

Graham Bartlett was a Sussex police officer for 30 years. Quite uniquely he served the city through every rank, rising to become a homicide senior investigating officer and eventually the city's Police Commander, a job he held for four years. Peter James is the international bestselling author of many award-winning novels. His Roy Grace series, set in Brighton, has been translated into 37 languages with worldwide sales of over 18 million copies.