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Peter James (writer), the Glossary

Peter J. James (born 22 August 1948) is a British writer of crime.^[1]

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Alumni of Ravensbourne University London
Cartier Diamond Dagger winners
English spy fiction writers
Writers from Brighton

A Different Loyalty

A Different Loyalty is a 2004 drama film inspired by the story of British traitor Kim Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in Beirut and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union.

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Action Medical Research, previously The National Fund for Research into Crippling Diseases, is a British medical research charity, founded in 1952, that focusses on funding research to prevent and treat disease and disability in babies and children.

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Alchemist (novel)

Alchemist is a novel by Peter James published by Victor Gollancz in 1996.

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Apple Books

Apple Books (known as iBooks prior to iOS 12) is an e-book reading and store application by Apple Inc. for its iOS, iPadOS and macOS operating systems and devices.

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Barry Award (crime novel prize)

The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. Peter James (writer) and Barry Award (crime novel prize) are Barry Award winners.

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Bedsitcom

Bedsitcom is a British reality television hoax series that was broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2003.

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Bentley Continental GT

The Bentley Continental GT is a grand touring car manufactured and marketed by the British company Bentley Motors since 2003.

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Biggles

James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968).

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Blue Blood (1973 film)

Blue Blood is a 1973 British horror drama film directed by Andrew Sinclair and starring Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis, Derek Jacobi and Anna Gaël.

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BMW New Class

The BMW New Class (Neue Klasse) was a line of sedans and coupes produced by German automaker BMW between 1962 and 1972.

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Brabus

Brabus GmbH (stylized in uppercase) is a German high-performance automotive aftermarket tuning company founded in 1977 in Bottrop (Ruhr area).

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.

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Britcar

Britcar is an endurance sports car racing and touring car racing series in the United Kingdom.

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British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.

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British Book Awards

The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by The Bookseller.

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British Touring Car Championship

The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA.

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Cathy Scott

Cathleen Scott (born) is a Los Angeles Times and New York Times bestselling American true crime author and investigative journalist who penned the biographies and true crime books The Killing of Tupac Shakur and The Murder of Biggie Smalls, both bestsellers in the United States and United Kingdom, and was the first to report Shakur's death.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Charterhouse School

Charterhouse is a public school (English boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England.

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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (also known as Revenge of the Living Dead, Things from the Dead, and Zreaks) is a 1972 comedy horror film directed by Bob Clark.

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Chiller (TV series)

Chiller is a five-part British horror fantasy anthology television series, produced by Yorkshire Television, that first broadcast on ITV on 9 March 1995.

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Cornelia James (glovemaker)

Cornelia James (née Katz; 11 March 1917 – 10 December 1999), was a British glovemaker and businesswoman.

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Crime fiction

Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder.

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Crime Writers' Association

The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) is a specialist authors' organisation in the United Kingdom, most notable for its "Dagger" awards for the best crime writing of the year, and the Diamond Dagger awarded to an author for lifetime achievement.

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Crimestoppers UK

Crimestoppers UK, also known as the Crimestoppers Trust, is a charity independent of the police in the United Kingdom.

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Criminology

Criminology (from Latin crimen, "accusation", and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logia, from λόγος logos meaning: "word, reason") is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour.

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Dagger in the Library

The Dagger in the Library (Golden Handcuffs in 1992–1994) is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to a particular "living author who has given the most pleasure to readers".

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DK (publisher)

Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Gofer

A gofer, go-fer or gopher is an employee who specializes in the delivery of special items to their superior(s).

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Grace (TV series)

Grace is a British television crime drama series, based in the English city of Brighton and Hove, that stars John Simm in the title role of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a dogged detective who, haunted by the disappearance of his wife some years previously, solves a variety of cases.

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Harrogate International Festivals

Harrogate International Festivals (HIF) is a registered charity and one of the UK's longest running arts festivals, having been established in 1966.

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Honda Accord

The, also known as the in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989.

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Jaguar E-Type

The Jaguar E-Type, or the Jaguar XK-E for the North American market, is a British front mid-engined sports car that was manufactured by Jaguar Cars Ltd from 1961 to 1974.

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John Simm

John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director, and musician.

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Leslie Phillips

Leslie Samuel Phillips (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor.

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Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster).

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Malachi's Cove

Malachi's Cove is a 1974 British-Canadian coming-of-age period drama film directed by Henry Herbert and starring Donald Pleasence, Veronica Quilligan and Dai Bradley.

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Martlets Hospice

Martlets Hospice is a hospice in Hove, England, established in 1997.

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Mercedes-AMG

Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG (Aufrecht, Melcher, Großaspach), is the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG.

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Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is a retired English actor.

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Michael Radford

Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. Peter James (writer) and Michael Radford are English male screenwriters.

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Nastro d'Argento

The (plural: Nastri d'Argento; English: Silver Ribbon), is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists).

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Neighbourhood Watch (United Kingdom)

Neighbourhood Watch in the United Kingdom is the largest voluntary crime prevention movement covering England and Wales with upwards of 2.3 million household members.

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Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre.

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Paranormal

Paranormal events are purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as being beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House LLC is a British-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House.

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian.

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Polka Dot Door

Polka Dot Door is a Canadian children's television series which was produced by the Ontario Education Communications Authority (later known as TVOntario) from 1971 to 1993.

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Ravensbourne University London

Ravensbourne University London (formerly Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication) is a digital media and design university, with vocational courses in fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive product design, architecture and environment design, graphic design, animation, moving image, music production for media and sound design.

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Robert De Niro

Robert Anthony De Niro (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer.

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Samaritans (charity)

Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, often through its telephone helpline.

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Science Museum, London

The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London.

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SEAT Toledo

The SEAT Toledo is a small family car produced by the Spanish manufacturer SEAT, part of Volkswagen Group.

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Sharon Stone

Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, painter and former model.

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Shaun McKenna

Shaun Patrick McKenna (born 5 April 1957 in Maidstone, Kent) is an English dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter. Peter James (writer) and Shaun McKenna are English male screenwriters.

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Spanish Fly (1975 film)

Spanish Fly is a 1975 British-Spanish comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Graham Armitage, Sue Lloyd and Nadiuska.

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States of Jersey Police

The States of Jersey Police (Jèrriais: La Police d's Êtats d'Jèrri; Police des États de Jersey) or States Police are a paid police force in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

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Sussex Police

Sussex Police are the territorial police force responsible for policing in the whole of Sussex.

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Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s.

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The Blockhouse

The Blockhouse is a 1973 drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Peter Sellers and Charles Aznavour.

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004 film)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 2004 French-Spanish-British drama film directed by Mary McGuckian and featuring an ensemble cast, including Robert De Niro, Pilar López de Ayala, F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Émilie Dequenne, and Harvey Keitel.

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The Crime Book

The Crime Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) is a non-fiction volume co-authored by American crime writers Cathy Scott, Shanna Hogan, Rebecca Morris, Canadian author and historian Lee Mellor, and United Kingdom author Michael Kerrigan, with a foreword for the U.S. edition by Scott and the U.K. edition by crime-fiction author Peter James.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_James_(writer)

Also known as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, Roy Grace.

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See also

Alumni of Ravensbourne University London

Cartier Diamond Dagger winners

English spy fiction writers

Writers from Brighton

References