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Luck and Judgement

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By Peter Grainger

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May 19, 2026
Page Count
432 pages
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13
9781454968566

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When a worker goes missing from a North Sea gas platform, there seem to be just two possible explanations—it was a tragic accident or a suicide. It does not take Smith and his detectives long, however, to discover that James Bell led a double life back onshore in Kings Lake, a life complicated enough to make him at least one dangerous enemy.
     Before the case can be unraveled, Smith must get a new team working together; Waters and Murray are still there but one of Wilson’s men is transferred to him, and the female detective constable from Longmarsh, Jo Evison, poses some unexpected problems for her new sergeant. Together they begin to investigate the links between the companies and the people that bring ashore the oil and gas, and they also find themselves caught up in the seamier side of life that exists beneath Lake’s everyday comings and goings. Evison begins to delve more deeply into the story of the Andretti murders, and Smith himself has to face the fact that he might no longer be considered fit for duty.

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

Time and Tide
Time and Tide
The Rags of Time
The Rags of Time
In This Bright Future
In This Bright Future
Some Sort of Justice
Some Sort of Justice
Persons of Interest
Persons of Interest
But for the Grace
But for the Grace

A DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation

Time and Tide
Time and Tide
The Rags of Time
The Rags of Time
In This Bright Future
In This Bright Future
Some Sort of Justice
Some Sort of Justice
Persons of Interest
Persons of Interest
But for the Grace
But for the Grace
An Accidental Death
An Accidental Death
A Private Investigation
A Private Investigation

Smith & Waters

Time and Tide
Time and Tide
The Rags of Time
The Rags of Time
In This Bright Future
In This Bright Future
Some Sort of Justice
Some Sort of Justice
Persons of Interest
Persons of Interest
But for the Grace
But for the Grace
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