Peter Grainger

Get ready to be hooked by the fourth thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer: DC Smith has solved hundreds of crimes, but he's never been accused of one. Until now... 'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review 'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review 'An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which just gets better.' ***** Reader Review 'Engaging characters, intriguing plots and occasional humour make for a page-turning read.' ***** Reader Review 'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader Review In the peace and tranquillity of the woods at Pinehills on a Saturday afternoon, a mobile phone begins to ring. The phone belongs to DC Smith and it isn’t unusual that the call is from Kings Lake Central police station; what is unusual is the fact that he seems to be the subject of an investigation rather than taking part in one. What can the links be between a prisoner’s violent death in another county, the disappearance of two teenagers and the highest profile case in Kings Lake for many years? As Smith and his team begin to untangle the threads, one thing becomes clear – they are dealing with some of the most dangerous people that they have yet encountered. ‘Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES

Get ready to be hooked by the third thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer: this time DC Smith is looking for a body, but what he finds is far more sinister... 'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review 'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review 'An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which just gets better.' ***** Reader Review 'Engaging characters, intriguing plots and occasional humour make for a page-turning read.' ***** Reader Review 'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader Review 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 unravelled, 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 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. The curious writer Jo 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. ‘Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES

Get ready to be hooked by the second thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer. Death in old age shouldn't be suspicious. DC Smith thinks this one is... 'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review 'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review 'An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which just gets better.' ***** Reader Review 'Engaging characters, intriguing plots and occasional humour make for a page-turning read.' ***** Reader Review 'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader Review "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... 'Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES

Get ready to be hooked by the thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer, where an aristocratic fatality leaves behind no body, no forensics, and enemies in the highest places... 'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review 'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review 'An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which just gets better.' ***** Reader Review 'Engaging characters, intriguing plots and occasional humour make for a page-turning read.' ***** Reader Review 'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader Review When Caroline Thorpe succeeded in casting doubt on the verdict of the inquest into her brother’s death, she could not have anticipated what would follow. Freddie was Earl Thorpe of Burnham, and as the Kings Lake detectives, headed by DCI Cara Freeman, soon begin to realise, influential people have gone to considerable lengths to cover up a potential scandal surrounding the young man’s death. Their investigation will take them from Norfolk into the capital, and from idealistic young campaigners to people at the heart of government. The stakes have never been higher for the detectives from Kings Lake Central. 'Once I was ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn't want to leave' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES

When Caroline Thorpe succeeded in casting doubt on the verdict of the inquest into her brother's death, she could not have anticipated what would follow. Freddie was Earl Thorpe of Burnham, and as the Kings Lake detectives, headed by DCI Cara Freeman, soon begin to realise, influential people have gone to considerable lengths to cover up a potential scandal surrounding the young man's death. Their investigation will take them from Norfolk into the capital, and from idealistic young campaigners to people at the heart of government. The stakes have never been higher for the detectives from Kings Lake Central.

Rikosten jäljillä Midsomerin murhien hengessä. Lämminhenkinen dekkarisarjan aloitus vie Norfolkin maisemiin, missä maalaisidyllin rikkoo traaginen kuolema. Ilmapiiri Kings Laken poliisiasemalla on kireä: entinen rikoskomisario Smith on palannut töihin sisäisen tutkinnan jäljiltä, vaikka on selvää, että johtoportaassa on niitäkin, jotka olisivat mielellään passittaneet hänet jo eläkkeelle. Ensimmäisenä edessä on opiskelijapojan hukkumiskuolema, jota Smith alkaa selvittää kontolleen sälytetyn nuoren konstaapelin avustuksella. Tutkinnan edetessä käy ilmi, että tapaus ei olekaan aivan yksinkertainen: silminnäkijöitä on liki mahdoton jäljittää, ja johtotasollakin kiinnostutaan tapauksesta kumman paljon. Smithin on lopulta otettava ohjat omiin käsiinsä, ja pian pelissä on hänen sekä hänen avustajansa henki. DC Smith -sarjassa nautitaan perinteisen brittidekkarin tunnelmasta yrmeän mutta sympaattisen rikosylikonstaapeli Smithin seurassa. Peter Grainger on entinen lukion englannin opettaja, joka on julkaissut kaksikymmentäkolme omakustannekirjaa. Niistä yhdeksäntoista on nyt myyty isojen britti- ja yhdysvaltalaiskustantamojen julkaisuohjelmaan. Grainger asuu vaimonsa sekä satunnaisesti lapsenlapsensa ja koiran kanssa pienessä talossa Cambridgeshiren The Fensissä. Hän vierailee aiemmin kodiksi kutsumallaan Norfolkin rannikolla niin usein kuin mahdollista. Grainger on luonut ”maailman mahtavimman etsivän, josta et ole luultavimmin koskaan kuullutkaan” (FT Magazine).

In the peace and tranquility of the woods at Pinehills on a Saturday afternoon, a mobile phone begins to ring. The phone belongs to DC Smith, and it isn't unusual that the call is from Kings Lake Central police station; what is unusual is the fact that he seems to be the subject of an investigation rather than taking part in one. What can the links be between a prisoner's violent death in another county, the disappearance of two teenagers and the highest profile case in Kings Lake for many years? As Smith and his team begin to untangle the threads, one thing becomes clear--they are dealing with some of the most dangerous people that they have yet encountered.

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.

"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 . . .

Get ready to be hooked by the thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer, where an experienced detective’s unorthodox methods land him in troubled waters... 'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review 'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review 'An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which just gets better.' ***** Reader Review 'Engaging characters, intriguing plots and occasional humour make for a page-turning read.' ***** Reader Review 'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader Review When a young man drowns after a boisterous party in a small riverside town, his friends and family report it to the Kings Lake police as a devastating accident. DC Smith, newly returned from leave, and the young, ambitious trainee Christopher Waters are assigned to the case as a routine investigation. But the post-mortem reveals violent injuries, witnesses give contradictory accounts of the events leading up to the drowning and locals seem determined to redirect their attention. Becoming increasingly suspicious of institutional caution and external interference, Smith and Waters strike out on their own. As they get closer to the truth, they realise the danger is not quite over. 'Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES