Peter James In Conversation With Louise Minchin

Event format: author interview with audience Q&A and book signing.

ebb & flo bookshop is thrilled to welcome Peter James to The Studio at Chorley Theatre to mark the release of his latest novel The Hawk is Dead.  Peter will be in-conversation with author and TV presenter Louise Minchin telling all about his latest novel and the links with Buckingham Palace.  There will be an audience ​Q&A and then a personalised book signing.

The Queen's favourite fictional detective, Roy Grace, goes behind-the-scenes at Buckingham Palace. 

In The Hawk is Dead, Queen Camilla will take a leading role alongside her favourite fictional detective, Peter James' Roy Grace.  Combining Peter's classic fast-paced thriller with extensive behind-the-scenes research at Buckingham Palace.  The Hawk is Dead is the not-to-be-missed publishing event of the autumn, and the perfect entry point into the world of Roy Grace for anyone yet to meet him.  Opening with a cinematic derailment of the royal train, The Hawk is Dead takes Roy Grace deep into the heart of Buckingham Palace, when he is called upon to solve a murder and what looks to be a royal assassination attempt. 

Queen Camilla, a well-known book-lover and reading champion through her charity The Queen's Reading Room, has always been one of the very first people to receive each Grace novel, and has a starring role, alongside His Majesty King Charles, in Peter's latest thriller.  Peter James says: 'It's a decade since I discovered Queen Camilla is a Roy Grace fan and we've since built up a great rapport. She asked me when I might set a Roy Grace novel in London… and the seed was sown. Where better in London than Buckingham Palace? It has been the most fascinating research I've ever done, learning about the inner workings of the Royal Household and the Palace.'

Peter James is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author best known for his crime thrillers featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who Queen Camilla recently named as her favourite fictional detective.  Praised by critics and much-loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters, and accurate portrayal of modern-day policing, he has won more than 40 awards for his work.  His Roy Grace novels are currently filming their sixth season for the hit ITV drama, Grace, starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper.