American mobsters face off against England`s greatest detective, Roy Grace, in Peter James` №1 international bestseller "Dead Man`s Grip" Carly Chase is traumatized after being in a fatal traffic accident that kills a teenage student from Brighton University. Ten days later, she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare. The drivers of the other two vehicles involved have been found tortured and murdered. Now Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Sussex Police force issues a stark and urgent warning to Carly: She could be next. The student had deadly connections stretching across the Atlantic to America and an organized crime group. Someone has sworn revenge and won`t rest until the final person involved in that fateful accident is dead. If the police are unable to stop him, Carly has to find a way to do it herself. But the killer is one step ahead of her, watching, waiting, and ready.