I would like to thank Peter James so much I hadn't read a book for years when my mum gave me one of his books Dead simple the first book in the Roy Grace series back in 2006 and I did not put it down until I had read every single word! Dead like you is the 7th in the series and you could easily read it with out having reading any of the others but I would really recommend reading them all as each book has a different story a but there are other stories to follow through out the series which peter will keep you up to date with and you wouldn't feel like your missing something having not read the other books. The suspense some times are unbearable he will leave you at one part of the story for you to get griped by the next part. Roy Grace is such a great character and I love reading about his life and I can never wait for the next book!