Graham Bartlett was a Sussex police officer for thirty years. In 1989 he was posted to Brighton and Hove, becoming a detective the following year. Quite uniquely, he served the city through every rank, rising to become a homicide Senior Investigating Officer and Detective Superintendent for Public Protection as well as a strategic firearms and public order commander. He then achieved his life’s ambition, as Chief Superintendent, to become the city’s Police Commander – or, as Peter James jokingly called him – the ‘Sheriff of Brighton’, a job he held and loved for four years. He pioneered Operation Reduction, the enduring approach to slashing drugs deaths and reducing crime, as well as cutting disorder at protests by adopting methods developed by one of the world’s foremost crowd psychologists. He lives in Sussex. Peter James is a UK number one bestselling author, best known for his Detective Superintendent Roy series, now a hit ITV drama starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper. Much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters and his accurate portrayal of modern-day policing, Peter has won over forty awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger. To date, Peter has written an impressive total of nineteen Sunday Times number ones, and his books have sold over 21 million copies worldwide and been translated into thirty-eight languages. His books are also often adapted for the stage – the most re... See more
Graham Bartlett was a Sussex police officer for thirty years. In 1989 he was posted to Brighton and Hove, becoming a detective the following year. Quite uniquely, he served the city through every rank, rising to become a homicide Senior Investigating Officer and Detective Superintendent for Public Protection as well as a strategic firearms and public order commander. He then achieved his life’s ambition, as Chief Superintendent, to become the city’s Police Commander – or, as Peter James jokingly called him – the ‘Sheriff of Brighton’, a job he held and loved for four years. He pioneered Operation Reduction, the enduring approach to slashing drugs deaths and reducing crime, as well as cutting disorder at protests by adopting methods developed by one of the world’s foremost crowd psychologists. He lives in Sussex. Peter James is a UK number one bestselling author, best known for his Detective Superintendent Roy series, now a hit ITV drama starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper. Much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters and his accurate portrayal of modern-day policing, Peter has won over forty awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger. To date, Peter has written an impressive total of nineteen Sunday Times number ones, and his books have sold over 21 million copies worldwide and been translated into thirty-eight languages. His books are also often adapted for the stage – the most recent being Wish You Were Dead.
