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International best-selling thriller writer Peter James visits the Audible Studios to talk about his latest book, Need You Dead. As well as being a television and film producer, Peter is renowned for his brilliant series about Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. Need You Dead is book number 13 in the series.

Peter Pan ist die Hauptfigur einiger Kindergeschichten von James Matthew Barrie und dort das einzige Kind, das niemals erwachsen wird. Peter Pan lebt im Nimmerland, ist eine fiktive Insel. Er ist Anführer der "verlorenen Jungs“, einer Gruppe von Jungen. Pans Gegenspieler ist der Anführer der Piraten, Captain Hook. Nimmerland ist der Haupthandlungsort an dem Kinder niemals erwachsen werden. Hier wohnen Elfen, Piraten, Indianer, Meerjungfrauen und natürlich Kinder. In Nimmerland muss man nur an etwas glauben, damit es passiert.

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Peter pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up, lands in the Darling's proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and teaches them to fly (with a little help from fairy dust). He and Tinker Bell whisk them off to Never-land where they encounter the Red Indians, the Little Lost Boys, pirates and the dastardly Captain Hook.

In the span of just a few months James Peters lost his father to cancer and his four-year old son shortly after. Then, he found himself accused of a crime he did not commit. Reeling with this pain and suffering, he quickly realized that the conventional road to ‘recovery’ involving medications and labels, was completely inadequate and didn’t address the root cause of his pain. James chose a different route to healing, and the discoveries he made along the way are packaged in this book to help others navigate trials and tribulations in their lives.

Zaczyna się zwyczajnie: seria porannych scenek pokazuje współczesnych mieszkańców nadmorskiego Brighton zaabsorbowanych swoimi – mniej lub bardziej poważnymi – sprawami. I nagle szok - pogłębiarka w basenie portowym wydobywa z dna morza niezidentyfikowane ludzkie zwłoki. Nikt wtedy jeszcze nie podejrzewa, że jest to pierwsze ogniwo w łańcuchu dramatycznych wydarzeń, w którym splotą się losy wielu osób z Brighton oraz innego - odległego - miasta.

Der große historische Roman über die Einigung Japans und den Aufstieg des Shōgunats — jetzt neu verfilmt als Blockbuster-Serie bei Disney+. Im Jahr 1600 strandet der englische Navigator John Blackthorne an der Küste eines Landes, das erst wenige Europäer erreicht haben: Japan. Blackthorne bleibt nur wenig Zeit, um sich in der fremden Sprache und Kultur zurechtzufinden. Und er muss seine Vorstellungen von Loyalität, Mut und Moral hinterfragen. Schon bald gerät er mitten hinein in den Machtkampf der japanischen Fürsten, der das Land zu zerreißen droht. Blackthorne tritt in den Dienst des faszinierenden Strategen Toranaga.

Dżdżysty poranek w Brighton. Dzień jak co dzień. Prawniczka Carly Chase wyprawia syna do szkoły i rusza do biura. Kierowca chłodni Stuart Ferguson po kilkunastogodzinnej jeździe z towarem, cieszy się, że już niedługo będzie wracał do domu. Tony Revere, student ekonomii, wsiada na rower i pędzi na wykład. Osadzony Ewan Preece może pracować poza więzieniem, więc jak co dnia śpieszy się, by zdążyć na czas. Losy tych zwykłych ludzi splotą się w tragiczny węzeł na ruchliwej Portland Road, a wtedy życie całkowicie wymknie się im spod kontroli.

Brighton, rok 1997. Młody policjant Roy Grace, zafascynowany swoją pracą, nie zdaje sobie sprawy, jak bardzo jego żona Sandy czuje się samotna i nieszczęśliwa. Pochłonięty tropieniem sprawcy serii perwersyjnych gwałtów z ostatnich kilku miesięcy, nie zauważa nadciągającej katastrofy osobistej. Dwanaście lat później. Czterdziestoletni nadinspektor Roy Grace powoli podnosi się po stracie Sandy, która zniknęła przed dziewięciu laty w tajemniczych okolicznościach. Kieruje dochodzeniem w sprawie tajemniczego gwałciciela fetyszysty, który atakuje kobiety w markowych szpilkach.

W tym samym czasie, kiedy Brian Bishop zamordował w Brighton swoją żonę, świadkowie widzieli go w oddalonym o 90 kilometrów Londynie. Tak wyglądają fakty, które ustalił prowadzący śledztwo detektyw Roy Grace. Ale tajemnica przebywania podejrzanego w dwu odległych miejscach jednocześnie nie jest jedyną zagadką, przed którą staje. Tropienie cieni przeszłości okazuje się ryzykowną grą, również dla niego. Może zwłaszcza dla niego.

Fresh Astra Militarum forces from the Arkhan Confederates are sent in to break the stalemate on Dolorosa Coil, and annihilate the xenos. But greater forces are at work, and the Confederates soon find themselves broken and scattered. As they fight a desperate guerrilla war, their only hope may lie in the hands of a disgraced commissar, hell-bent on revenge.

Steve Coleman had never heard of Comptos before receiving a call from one of their recruiters. They needed a Project Manager and through a stroke of luck had heard about him — underpaid and underappreciated in a rural manufacturing environment.

When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But, as the service progresses, Taylor notices a man six rows in front of him. At first he thinks he must be mistaken, but the more he looks at the man, the more convinced Taylor becomes that this is his old schoolfriend Rufus Rorke. Except it couldn’t be him, could it? Because two years ago Taylor attended Rufus Rorke’s funeral. He even delivered Rufus’s eulogy.

A beautiful socialite is dead. Roy Grace’s leading suspect, her husband, was sixty miles away when she died, but all other evidence points to him. Has someone stolen his identity or is he simply a very clever liar? Grace’s investigation, and his budding new relationship, are derailed after a reported sighting of his wife, Sandy, who has been missing for nine years. Grace desperately tries to cast light on the truth in both cases as his emotional turmoil – and the body count – grows . . .

When terrorists loyal to Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union win control of the Honde Valley on the eastern border of Rhodesia, the government must decide whether to concede defeat or take a stand. Prime Minister Ian Smith decides to fight back, and he calls upon Jamie Ross, a district commissioner, to relocate 21,000 people into protected villages.

The Wonderful World of Linus Bailey existed, until recently, entirely within Linus' head. That was okay until the morning of his tenth birthday, when it all came true. Welsh coal miners singing in the garden, a camel, a headmaster who turned evil and a school that became a castle, these all became the backdrop to the much bigger question: Would Nigel Bailey, his Yorkshire Ninja dad arrive in time for his birthday, or would Linus be trapped down a mine for ever? Immerse yourself in the mind of a ten-year-old British schoolboy as he learns to cope with a brand new world.

Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.

Michael Harrison za 3 dni sie zeni, a poniewaz zawsze uchodzil za zartownisia, teraz paczka jego najblizszych przyjaciól organizuje mu wieczór kawalerski, którego nie zapomni do konca zycia. Po wesolej imprezie w knajpie zakopuja go pijanego w trumnie kilka centymetrów pod ziemia z butelka whisky, krótkofalówka, podniecajacym "swierszczykiem" oraz rurka do oddychania. Potem, kiedy – pijani i rozbawieni – wracaja autem do baru, dochodzi do wypadku, w którym wszyscy gina. Wyglada na to, ze nikt – ani piekna narzeczona, ani matka, ani bliski przyjaciel – nie maja pojecia, gdzie szukac Michaela.

When a young woman’s body is found butchered in Brighton, Roy Grace cannot help but think of his own missing wife and her unsolved fate. Elsewhere in the city, when Tom Bryce finds a disc left on a train, he simply tries to do the right thing – return it to its owner. But this attempted act of kindness makes him the sole witness to that same vicious murder. Learning that Tom has made a statement to Grace’s team, the killers have to act. But when they plan the murder of the Bryce family, it’s not just revenge – it’s entertainment.

The Black Swan Planet crew gets back together for one final mission, with imperial proportions. Raka once again learns that a lot has changed in his absence. When Maven Blackheart quickly drags him into an international nuclear incident with China that nearly sparks World War III, they are forced to escape back to the Empire.

Idiom Lee is a man alone, millions of miles from home. A chance encounter with an alien shape-shifter sent him into a Cold Cosmos devoid of humanity. After the events of book one, he's established himself in the lowest bar on the moving asteroid Panadaras, gambling and serving as a bouncer. Until a sloth-cat creature he calls Slowhand appears and tells him Ginn is in trouble.