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Peter James (22 de agosto de 1948) es un escritor británico de novelas policíacas de gran éxito de ventas. Nacido en Brighton, es hijo de Cornelia James, que fue fabricante de guantes para la monarca británica Isabel II. Biografía Comenzó sus estudios en Charterhouse School, tras los cuales se especializó en la academia cinematográfica Ravensbourne Film School. Al mismo tiempo también trabajó, durante un breve período, limpiando la casa de Orson Welles. Posteriormente, pasó varios años en América trabajando como guionista y productor. Comenzó su trayectoria en Canadá en 1970, trabajando como recadero (gofer) y más adelante pasó a ser guionista para la serie de televisión infantil "Polka Dot Door". Curiosidades sobre el autor A día de hoy, vive a caballo entre su casa de campo cerca de Brighton, Sussex y su apartamento en Notting Hill, Londres. Entre sus múltiples intereses se encuentran la criminología, la ciencia y lo paranormal, además de su especial afición por la cocina y el vino; de hecho, actualmente Peter James es el crítico culinario de la revista "Absolute Brighton magazine". Asimismo, se declara fanático de los bólidos, pudiendo alardear de haber poseído numerosos de ellos a lo largo de los años, incluyendo cuatro Aston Martins, AMG y Brabus Mercedes, un Bentley Continental GT Speed y dos Jaguar E-Type clásicos. Además, tiene una licencia internacional de carreras y ha participado dos veces en las competiciones de automovilismo Britcar; tanto en un Honda Accord como en un SEAT Toledo, ganador del Campeonato Británico de Turismos (British Touring Car Championship). En la actualidad, compite en las series: Historic series en un BMW 1800 Ti de 1965 en el que, junto a su copiloto Steve Soper, logró la décima posición en la competición St Mary´s Trophy, en el festival automovilístico The Goodwood Revival, en 2013. Obra Literatura Ha escrito 28 novelas, incluyendo la serie de thriller policíacos (crime thriller) de gran éxito de ventas protagonizada por Roy Grace, el detective superintendente de Brighton. Esta reconocida colección a nivel internacional ha vendido 16 millones de copias en todo el mundo y le ha catapultado al número uno en las listas de Alemania, Francia, Rusia, Canadá y ocho veces consecutivas, en el periódico británico "Sunday Times". Además, esta afamada serie de libros también ha sido proclamada "best seller" por el periódico estadounidense "New York Times". Sus obras han sido traducidas a 36 idiomas y tanto en Estados Unidos como en Reino Unido son publicadas por la editorial Macmillan Publishers. En 1994 la editorial Penguin Books publicó su primera novela "Host" en dos disquetes (además del formato impreso tradicional) convirtiéndola así en la primera novela electrónica del mundo, copia de la cual se puede encontrar en el Museo de Ciencias. Peter James ha escrito "thrillers" sobrenaturales, novelas de espionaje, "thrillers" científicos, una novela infantil y la novela corta "The Perfect Murder", número uno en iBooks durante 15 semanas y 45 semanas en el top 10. La obra ha sido convertida en una pieza teatral por Shaun McKenna y ha resultado ser un éxito de taquilla, realizando un tour por Reino Unido durante 26 semanas en el año 2014. En 2016, la obra volverá a escena protagonizada, en esta ocasión, por Shane Richie y Jessie Wallace. Por otro lado, la obra "Una muerte sencilla" (www.deadsimpletheplay.co.uk) es la segunda adaptación teatral de uno de sus libros, de nuevo llevada a cabo por Shaun McKenna y cuya gira mundial en 2015 fue protagonizada por Tina Hobley, Jamie Lomas y Rik Makarem. Esta obra también se encuentra en producción para su adaptación a la televisión y al cine. Por otro lado, Peter James ha ejercido dos veces consecutivas como presidente de la asociación británica de escritores de novelas policíacas (UK Crime Writers Association) y es vicepresidente de la asociación internacional de escritores de "thrillers" (International Thriller Writers) de Estados Unidos. Además, en 2016, Peter James será presidente, responsable de la programación del festival Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival como parte del calendario de los festivales Harrogate International Festivals. Cinematografía El escritor Peter James ha participado en 26 películas como productor y guionista. Entre ellas se incluyen: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, "Odisea bajo el mar" (The Neptune Factor), Blue Blood, Malachi's Cove, The Blockhouse protagonizada por Peter Sellers, Spanish Fly protagonizada por Terry-Thomas y Leslie Phillips, "Tercera identidad" (A Different Loyalty) protagonizada por Sharon Stone, "El puente de San Luis Rey" (The Bridge of San Luis Rey) protagonizada por Robert De Niro y "La sentencia" (The Statement) protagonizada por Michael Caine. En 2005, la película "El mercader de Venecia" (The Merchant of Venice) dirigida por Michael Radford y producida por Peter James, tuvo el honor de ser visionada en exclusiva por Charles, Prince of Wales y además obtuvo una nominación al premio BAFTA Award. Al año siguiente, en 2006, la película fue galardonada con el premio "Silver Ribbon for Best Production Design" del sindicato Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. Otros proyectos Peter James es patrocinador de la comunidad samaritana "Brighton & Hove Samaritans", presidente de la comisión "Brighton and Hove Drugs Commission", patrocinador de la agencia de mediación "Brighton and Hove Independent Mediation Service BHIMS", patrocinador de "Relate in Sussex", copatrocinador nacional de "Neighbourhood Watch", copatrocinador (junto con Dame Vera Lynn) de la organización "Sussex Crimestoppers", patrocinador honorario de la asociación "the South Mid Sussex Community First Responders", vicepresidente del museo "The Old Police Cells Museum" en Brighton, patrocinador de The Whitehawk Inn, embajador de la universidad Brighton University, patrocinador de la residencia "Martlets Hospice" y patrocinador de "the World Investigators Network". Además también colabora con "The Sussex Community Foundation", "The Backup Trust for Spinal Injuries", "The Chichester Life Centre", "the White Ribbon Campaign", "the Book Trade Benevolent Society", el colegio Starehe Boys' Centre and School en Kenia y la organización médica "Action Medical Research" (que recibe ayudas por parte de la organización Peter James Golf Classic). Asimismo brinda apoyo y trabaja conjuntamente con "The Reading agency", una organización benéfica que tiene como misión fomentar la igualdad mediante la lectura. Peter James y su editorial Macmillan, donaron en 2008 un coche de policía al cuerpo policial de Sussex (Sussex Police) y otro en 2014, cuyos colores cambian cada año para adecuarse a los de la portada de su última novela de la saga del detective Roy Grace. Premios y reconocimientos 1967 Charterhouse school poetry prize/ Premio de poesía del colegio Charterhouse school 1969 Esquire Magazine International College Film Festival, The Island 1974 Sitges Internatio.... Descubre los libros populares de Peter James. Encuentra los 100 libros más populares de Peter James
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The Reversal
Michael ConnellyMickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.When defence lawyer Mickey Halle...
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Unnatural Exposure
Patricia CornwellThe eighth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesA sadistic serial killer, ...
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The Searcher
Tana French'Terrific terrifying, amazing' STEPHEN KING'Completely, indescribably magnificent' MARIAN KEYESA DISAPPEARANCE. A SMALL TOWN. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING...Cal Hooper thought ...
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Doce hombres comunes y corrientes
John F. MacArthurContrariamente a la creencia popular, no tenemos que ser perfectos para hacer la obra de Dios.John MacArthur examina los doce hombres que Cristo eligió como sus discípulos y nos ay...
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Two Kinds of Truth
Michael ConnellyIf the truth doesn't get him the lies will.'Two Kinds of Truth is as brilliant as anything Connelly has written. A supergripping thriller' Evening Standard Harry Bosch works co...
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Black Notice
Patricia CornwellThe tenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesAn intriguing Dr Kay Scarpe...
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19th Christmas
James Patterson'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks'Terrific, highoctane, really pacy' Jo Spain'A compelling read with great set pi...
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The Black Loch
Peter MayTHE RETURN OF FIN MACLEOD, PETER MAY'S MUCHLOVED HERO OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING LEWIS TRILOGY.A MURDERThe body of eighteenyearold TV personality Caitlin is found abandoned o...
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All That Remains
Patricia CornwellThe third book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesA killer is stalking young lo...
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The Monogram Murders
Sophie HannahThe new Hercule Poirot novel – another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’.Since the publication of her ...
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Body Of Evidence
Patricia CornwellThe second book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesA reclusive writer is dead...
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Miracle Cure
Harlan CobenThey were looking for a miracle cure, but they instead they found a killer . . .Sara and Michael. The ideal celebrity couple, darlings of the media until their lives are shattered...
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Bullseye
James PattersonThe President is in New York and in an assassin's sights.As the most powerful men on earth gather in New York for a meeting of the UN, Detective Michael Bennett receives intellige...
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared DiamondWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across the gl...
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Unlucky 13
James Patterson'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'A compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters' Sun'I couldn't turn the pages quick ...
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The Dark Hours
Michael ConnellyA CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS.AND ONE THAT'S JUST BEGUN... 'An authentic, topical and terrifying thriller: one of Michael Connelly's very best' THE TIMES'Yet another superb thriller fro...
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Expecting Better
Emily OsterFREAKONOMICS meets WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING in this groundbreaking guidebook. Awardwinning Emily Oster debunks myths about pregnancy to empower women while they're exp...
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The Brass Verdict
Michael ConnellyA superb novel featuring both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer and The Gods of Guilt. Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some...
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Library of the Dead
Glenn CooperThe most shocking secret in the history of mankind is about to be revealed ...A murderer is on the loose on the streets of New York City: nicknamed the Doomsday Killer, he's claime...
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Burn
James PattersonDetective Michael Bennett is coming home to New York and a world of unimaginable evil... Having brought an end to the vengeance of the ruthless crime lord who forced the Bennett f...
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7th Heaven
James Patterson'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'Lots of clever links in the breakneck plot' Cork Evening Echo'This crime drama races along in short, actionpacked chapters' My Week...
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The Fifth Witness
Michael ConnellyA blistering courtroom drama featuring The Lincoln Lawyer's Mickey Haller from the master of the genre.In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even crim...
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The Cartel
Don WinslowFrom the bestselling author of the acclaimed The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping truetolife epic, ripped from the headlines, spanning the past decade of the Mexican–A...
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Fair Warning
Michael ConnellyHOW DO YOU FIND A KILLER WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU?THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'AS EXCITING AS ANYTHING CONNELLY HAS WRITTEN' THE TIMES'UTTERLY COMPELLING ... THIS IS CON...
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Desert Star
Michael ConnellyTHE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND AMAZON PRIME'S BOSCH AND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYERSOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET.Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance of a lifetime: revi...
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Tick Tock
James PattersonTICK... A KILLER'S COUNTDOWN BEGINS.A rash of horrifying crimes tears through New York City, throwing it into complete chaos.TICK... CAN MICHAEL BENNETT CATCH HIM?The city calls on...
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New Harry Hole Thriller
Jo NesbøHARRY HOLE IS BACK! READ THE OPENING CHAPTERS OF THE BLISTERING NEW THRILLER KNIFE FROM THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SNOWMAN AND THE THIRST AHEAD OF PUBLICATION.'Nesbo is...
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Alert
James PattersonEvery New Yorker's worst nightmare is about to become a reality.New York has seen more than its fair share of horrific attacks, but the city is about to be shaken in a way it never...
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Cause Of Death
Patricia CornwellThe seventh book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesAn investigative reporter...
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The Nowhere Man
Gregg HurwitzThey trained him to hunt. Now he's the hunted . . . The thrilling, gripping, pulsepounding No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller 'The pace never lets up' DAILY MAIL'A roller coaster ride' ...
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Point of Origin
Patricia CornwellA farmhouse destroyed by fire. A body amongst the ruins.Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF, is called ou...
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Tom Clancy's Full Force and Effect
Mark GreaneyINSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN . . . When a rogue state tries to go nuclear, only two men can stop it . . .Jack Ryan Jr is in Ho Chi Minh City tailing ...
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael ConnellyThere is no client as scary as an innocent man...Mickey is a Lincoln Lawyer a criminal defence attorney operating out of the back of his car, a Lincoln taking whatever cases the ...
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Alex
Pierre Lemaitre & Frank WynneEVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT HER IS WRONG In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. Alex Prévost ...
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Built to Move
Juliet Starrett & Kelly StarrettTHE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The definitive guide for building an allround healthy and highperforming body and mind." Andrew Huberman, professor of neuroscience...
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Cruel And Unusual
Patricia CornwellThe fourth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesThe fingerprints say the mur...
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The Boy from the Woods
Harlan CobenFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MATCH AND CREATOR OF HIT NETFLIX DRAMA FOOL ME ONCEThirty years ago, a child was found in the New Jersey backwoods.He had been living a feral exi...
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Alex Cross's Trial
James PattersonSOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL AMAZON PRIME SERIES'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE...
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How to Grow Old
John BishopSUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhether he likes it or not, John is getting older. His hair is greying, it’s getting that much harder to stay fit, and the potential to become something of a...
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The Gods of Guilt
Michael ConnellyThe 'Lincoln Lawyer' grapples with a haunting case in a gripping thriller from bestselling author Michael Connelly.Mickey Haller gets the text 'Call me ASAP 187', and the Californ...
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15th Affair
James Patterson'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks'Terrific, highoctane, really pacy' Jo Spain'A compelling read with great set pi...
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Kiss the Girls
James PattersonSOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL AMAZON PRIME SERIESDETECTIVE ALEX CROSS'S NIECE IS MISSINGCross fears the disappearance could be linked to a string of recent abductions and murders that are...
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The Lincoln Lawyer Collection
Michael Connelly'A superb natural storyteller' Lee ChildThe Lincoln LawyerThere is no client as scary as an innocent man...Mickey is a Lincoln Lawyer a criminal defence attorney operating out of ...
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8th Confession
James Patterson'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks'Terrific, highoctane, really pacy' Jo Spain'A compelling read with great set pi...
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The Night Fire
Michael ConnellyLAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor but was this flame kept alive, or a secret that was meant to be sn...
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Gideon's Sword
Lincoln Child & Douglas PrestonMeet Gideon Crew in the first novel in a highoctane new thriller series from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors.'Preston and Child have crafted an electrifying, riveting thrill...
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Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads
Peter Reinhart & Ron ManvilleIn this followup to his awardwinning book The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, Peter Reinhart offers groundbreaking methods for baking whole grain breads that taste better than any you’ve...
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The People vs. Alex Cross
James PattersonSOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL AMAZON PRIME SERIES'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE...
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Easy Prey
John SandfordA Lucas Davenport thriller by internationally bestselling novelist John Sandford In life she was a highprofile model. In death she is the focus of a media firestorm that's demandin...
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Private London
James PattersonSometimes, when the nightmare ends, the terror follows . . .For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, the nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Mo...