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“Brighton is a beautiful seaside city, but it's got a dark underbelly.”

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Peter James is a British writer known for his suspense novels. Born on August 22, 1948, he has been writing since 1987. James' works are appreciated for their intricate plots and well-developed characters. more

“What Brighton's got is a major sea port on either side, good for importing drugs, great for exporting cash, stolen cars, stolen antiques. It's got the largest number of antique shops in the UK, so it's a great place to fence stolen goods. It's got tremendous communication: you've got the sea ports, you've got the channel tunnel, you've got Gatwick Airport 25 minutes away, and London's 50 minutes away by train. So all these escape routes... Which is what villains like.”

Sides Numbers Sea Minutes Car Communication Drug Majors Train London Shops Goods Villain Cash Routes Fence Stolen Airports Tunnels Port Antiques Brighton Exporting

Author:Peter James

“Brighton has two universities. It's got a massive young, middle-class community, and the largest gay community in the UK. The result of which is a huge recreational drug market. It's the favoured place to live in the UK for first division criminals.”

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Author:Peter James

“Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas.”

Ideas Bigs Novel Theme Big Ideas

Author:Peter James

“Women are afraid of walking at night, that someone pulls them into an alley and rapes them. That almost never happens. I mean, 98% of people who are raped, are raped by somebody they know. Somebody goes too far. But the destruction is just the same.”

People Knows Mean Happens Night Walking Destruction Alleys

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“I guess a lot of police keep their sanity by developing black humour.”

Black Humour Police Developing Sanity

Author:Peter James

“If you talk to any cop, however hardened, and say, "Has anything that's ever bothered you", they'll tell you about the death of a child that they had to deal with.”

Ifs Children Deals Cop Bothered Hardened

Author:Peter James

“Every profession has its own culture, but the police look at the world differently to everybody else. I call it a 'healthy culture of suspicion'.”

World Looks Culture Healthy Police Profession Suspicion

Author:Peter James

“If you go into a bar or restaurant with a cop, the first thing he does is he'll stand in the entrance, and he'll look at every single face in that room because he doesn't want to spend an hour having a drink or lunch and didn't spot some villain they've been looking for, for two years.”

Ifs Want Years Firsts Looks Doe Two Faces Hours Rooms Drink Bars Spots Restaurants Two Years Lunch Villain Cop Entrances

Author:Peter James

“If you and I took a walk down a shopping street in Jo'burg or Cape Town or London, we see two guys looking in a shop window, we think, "Oh, they're wondering what they're going to buy." A cop looks at them and thinks, "Why are they standing there? Are they doing a drug deal? Are they going to mug someone? Are they going to rob the shop?"”

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Author:Peter James

“I collect underwear from my travels. Lace, lingerie, bodysuits... they're like souvenirs.”

Underwear Lace Lingerie Souvenirs

Author:Miranda Kerr

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