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A Private Investigation

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By Peter Grainger

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On Sale
Jan 27, 2026
Page Count
432 pages
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13
9781454968672

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$11.99

Price

$15.99 CAD

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ebook (Digital original)

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Sometimes the past comes back to haunt you, and for DC Smith, that time is now …

When fourteen-year-old Zoe Johnson doesn’t come home on a Monday night in early December, the alarm bells in Kings Lake Central police station do not ring straight away—after all, she’s from the Dockmills, one of the toughest estates in the town. But for Detective Sergeant DC Smith, due to retire in just three weeks’ time, there are some strange echoes of the case that has haunted him for the past thirteen years. Maybe it’s simply his over-developed sense of irony, or maybe, in his final days as a police officer, Smith must look once more into the eyes of a serial killer. 
 
 

Genre:

  • Mystery & Thriller
  • Fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Crime

Series:

  • A DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation

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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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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A DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation

Some Sort of Justice
Some Sort of Justice
But for the Grace
But for the Grace
An Accidental Death
An Accidental Death
Roxanne
Roxanne
The Camera Man
The Camera Man
Missing Pieces
Missing Pieces
The Truth
The Truth
The Late Lord Thorpe
The Late Lord Thorpe
Songbird
Songbird
On Eden Street
On Eden Street
In This Bright Future
In This Bright Future
Another Girl
Another Girl
The Rags of Time
The Rags of Time
Time and Tide
Time and Tide
Luck and Judgement
Luck and Judgement
Persons of Interest
Persons of Interest
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