Peter James was educated at Charterhouse, then at film school. He lived in North America for a number of years, working as a screenwriter and film producer before returning to England. His novels, including the Sunday Times number one bestselling Roy Grace series, have been translated into thirty-five languages, with worldwide sales of fourteen million copies. Three books have been filmed. All his novels reflect his deep interest in the world of the police, with whom he does in-depth research, as well as his fascination with science, medicine and the paranormal. He has also produced numerous films, including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. He divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London, and near Brighton in Sussex. Daniel Weyman is an English stage, television and film actor. He has appeared in stage productions of As You Like It and the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of David Edgar's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. His television credits include Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA award-winning BBC drama, Dunkirk. Weyman has worked extensively in radio, audiobooks and voiceover. His reading of Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud won a prestigious Best Audiobook of the Year Award from AudioFile Magazine.
'Meticulous research gives his prose great authenticity ... James manages to add enough surprises and drama that by the end you're rooting for the police and really don't know if they will finally get their men.' -- Sunday Express