Overview
- The Daily Mail published the first excerpt on October 11 from The Hawk Is Dead: A Killer In The Palace.
- Pan Macmillan lists publication for October 21, 2025.
- Peter James says Royal Household contacts reviewed his plot outline and Royal Communications approved it, though the book is not an official palace endorsement.
- The author reports that Queen Camilla read an early copy and told him she "absolutely loved it."
- The novel shifts Roy Grace into Buckingham Palace, draws on on‑site research and a real 2021 theft case for inspiration, and previews graphic palace‑set scenes without revealing key plot turns.