On Sale: Jan 27, 2026
Page Count: 576 pages
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13: 9781454968757

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In another thrilling DC Smith investigation, the Kings Lake Central detectives race to solve a twisted murder.

Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 5:29 that July morning. This is it, said DCI Reeve, you’ll be first there, it’s all yours, you’re the crime scene manager. Suddenly, after months of waiting and wondering, Waters finds himself in at the deep end, and alone at the scene of a puzzling murder. As the investigation proceeds, the detectives at Kings Lake Central find themselves visiting familiar places and talking to some familiar faces, while old enemies reappear in the incident room.

Before this is over, Chris Waters will need to make a career-changing decision, and another member of the CID team will find herself facing an unexpected challenge. And DC Smith? Gone, but not forgotten? Surely, he would say, you cannot write me off with a worn-out cliché like that …

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A DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation

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Peter Grainger

About the Author

Peter Grainger is the “creator of the greatest fictional sleuth you’ve probably never heard of” (Financial Times magazine). A former sixth-form English teacher, Peter is the author of 23 novels. He lives with his wife, sometimes a grandson, and a dog in a cottage in the Cambridgeshire fens. He travels as often as possible to the Norfolk coast he once called home.

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