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But for the Grace

A Novel

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By Peter Grainger

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On Sale
May 12, 2026
Page Count
336 pages
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13
9781454968542

Price

$19.99

Price

$25.99 CAD

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In this thrilling novel, dark secrets and reminders of the past must be brought into the light as DC Smith and his team try to stick together and solve their most challenging case yet.

“We are living in the departure lounge,” said Ralph Greenwood, “and flights leave with monotonous regularity.” So when another resident of the Rosemary House care home is found dead in her chair one Saturday evening in December, no-one is very surprised—not until the results of a routine post-mortem reveal something extraordinary.

Police Sergeant DC Smith and his team have to tread carefully as they investigate what took place, and Smith himself has to confront some difficult memories. Others, meanwhile, seem intent on getting him to leave the force altogether, while, despite his best efforts, his social life also becomes a little more complicated. To top it all, Kings Lake has been waiting weeks for the snow to fall, in a winter that seems as if it will never end …

Genre:

  • Mystery & Thriller
  • Fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Crime

Series:

  • A DC Smith/King's Lake Investigation
  • A DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation
  • Smith & Waters

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/King's Lake Investigation

Some Sort of Justice
Some Sort of Justice
In This Bright Future
In This Bright Future
The Rags of Time
The Rags of Time
Time and Tide
Time and Tide

A DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation

Some Sort of Justice
Some Sort of Justice
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
A Private Investigation
A Private Investigation
Luck and Judgement
Luck and Judgement
Persons of Interest
Persons of Interest

Smith & Waters

Some Sort of Justice
Some Sort of Justice
In This Bright Future
In This Bright Future
The Rags of Time
The Rags of Time
Time and Tide
Time and Tide
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