Roy Grace audiobooks in order
Brighton-set police procedurals. Almost every title contains the word "Dead", which is either a running joke or a shelving nightmare.
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Peter JamesNarrated by Daniel Weyman, with Gemma Whelan on the spin-off They Thought I Was Dead · 23 booksPhoto: Johan Jönsson (Julle) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped, via Wikimedia CommonsWhich order should you listen in?
Publication order — there is a continuing thread about Grace's missing wife Sandy running the length of the series, and it is the main reason not to dip in at random. They Thought I Was Dead is Sandy's own story and sits outside the main sequence.
Roy Grace in publication order
- 1
Dead Simple (2005) - 2
Looking Good Dead (2006) - 3
Not Dead Enough (2007) - 4
Dead Man's Footsteps (2008) - 5
Dead Tomorrow (2009) - 6
Dead Like You (2010) - 7
Dead Man's Grip (2011) - 8
Not Dead Yet (2012) - 9
Dead Man's Time (2013) - 10
Want You Dead (2014) - 11
You Are Dead (2016) - 12
Love You Dead (2017) - 13
Need You Dead (2017) - 14
Dead If You Don't (2018) - 15
Dead at First Sight (2019) - 16
Find Them Dead (2020) - 17
Left You Dead (2021) - 18
Picture You Dead (2022) - 19
Wish You Were Dead (2023) - 20
Stop Them Dead (2023) - 21
They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story (2024) - 22
One of Us Is Dead (2024) - 23
The Hawk Is Dead (2025)