A twist of the knife
By: Peter James
Series: Roy Grace series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780230764378; 9781447260141
Subjects: Roy Grace (Fictitious character); Fiction
Description: With each twist of the knife, a chilling new journey begins ...From a woman intent on bizarre revenge, to a restaurant critic with a morbid fear of the number thirteen; and from a man arranging a life-changing assignation, to a couple heading for a disaster-filled vacation ...In multi-million-copy bestselling author Peter James' collection of short stories we first come to meet Brighton's finest detective, Roy Grace, and read the tale that went on to inspire James' hugely successful novel, Dead Simple. James exposes the Achilles heel of each of his characters, and makes us question how well we can trust ourselves, and one another. Each tale carries a twist that will haunt readers for days after they turn the final page ...Combining every twisted tale from the ebook bestsellers Short Shockers One and Short Shockers Two, with a never-seen-before collection of new material, A Twist of the Knife shows Peter James as the undisputed grand master of storytellers with this sometimes funny, often haunting, but always shocking collection.
Notes: Short stories.

"Featuring the story that inspired the Roy Grace series"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Bolingbroke Avenue; title: Number thirteen --; title: Just two clicks --; title: Dead on the hour --; title: Virtually alive --; title: Meet me at the crematorium --; title: Venice aphrodisiac --; title: Time rich --; title: Christmas is for the kids --; title: When your number's up --; title: Like you --; title: Smoking kills --; title: The stamp of a criminal --; title: A very sexy revenge --; title: The knock --; title: Dream holiday --; title: A Christmas tradition --; title: Companionship --; title: My first ghost --; title: Two minutes --; title: Gifts in the night --; title: Ghost painting --; title: Timing is everything --; title: Art class --; title: Dream wife --; title: A dead simple plan --; title: Sun over the yard arm --; title: You'll never forget my face --; title: Santa drops in --; title: Crossed lines.