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Podcast: Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories
Episode: The attempted assassination of the Queen written by Peter James.
Description: The Hidden Truth About Peter James' Latest Royal Thriller In THE HAWK IS DEAD (Pan Macmillan, On sale: October 21, 2025), Peter James challenges Roy Grace with the biggest, and most daunting, case of his career—solving what at first appears to be an assassination attempt on The Queen. The story begins on November 20, 2023, with Queen Camilla traveling on the Royal Train to the resort city of Brighton for a scheduled visit to the first of two hospices. What should have been a proud moment for the locals spirals into disaster when the train is derailed just north of the city in...