Except he can’t, for a number reasons - all of them bad. After failing to get his attention, Zach takes the drive, ostensibly to return it on their next shared commute. Perhaps it is karma, then, that the guy inadvertently leaves behind a flash drive. His death looks more like the result of an overdose or sexual misadventure than murder - aspects of which remind Grace of another case in which a man was found dead a couple of weeks ago.įor Zach, the train ride to his namesake company’s office proves irritating, (no) thanks to the obnoxious, inconsiderate dude yakking loudly on his mobile in the seat next to him. The gripping television series Grace was an immediate success with audiences when it launched on ITV in 2021, with almost nine million viewers tuning in to watch the primetime drama starring John Simm as DSI Roy Grace.Ī third series has already been commissioned for 2023.Īdapted by award winning writer Shaun McKenna, who has adapted the five previous Peter James plays, the production will also see Jonathan O’Boyle directing.Tickets are on sale from , with further dates to be announced soon.Elsewhere in the city, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace (John Simm, Life on Mars, Doctor Who) and Detective Sergeant Glenn Branson (Richie Campbell, Small Axe, The Frankenstein Chronicles) are at a crime scene where a 49-year-old male has been found dead. Previous Peter James novels brought to the stage include Looking Good Dead, which premiered earlier this year starring Adam Woodyatt The House on Cold Hill starring Joe McFadden and Rita Simons in 2019 Not Dead Enough starring Shane Richie and Laura Whitmore in 2017 The Perfect Murder starring Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace in 2016 and Dead Simple starring Tina Hobley in 2015. “I am incredibly grateful for the support regional theatres and their audiences have shown our plays and it will be fantastic to see another one of my books being adapted for the stage – the sixth one! – and audiences enjoying it, in 2023”. “Inside the safe cocoon of a theatre, audiences love to be on the edge of their seats and sometimes shocked, always hoping when that final curtain falls, order will have been restored and the world will seem just a little bit of a better place. “Theatre and the escapism it provides us all is so important – particularly now. Peter James said: “I have always loved live theatre, so it’s been thrilling to watch how much audiences around the UK have loved the plays. The production will then travel to theatres across the country until late July.

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