Overview

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the first book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, an experienced detective's unorthodox methods land him in troubled waters. 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.

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Once I was ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave … What sets Grainger’s books apart from the typical police procedural is the fully realised characters, who appear to live in a gentler world, on a time continuum that makes sense, progressing and evolving from book to book. * Financial Times * The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping. * The Times * A terrific police procedural series, up there with Bosch, Morse, Pascoe and Dalziel. * Reader review * An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which only gets better as the characters develop. * Reader review * This series is a delightful read … I am so looking forward to reading them all! * Reader review *

Once I was ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn't want to leave. * Financial Times * A terrific police procedural series, up there with Bosch, Morse, Pascoe and Dalziel. * Reader review * An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which only gets better as the characters develop. * Reader review * This series is a delightful read … I am so looking forward to reading them all! * Reader review *

Author Information

Peter Grainger is the 'creator of the greatest fictional sleuth you've probably never heard of' (FT magazine). A former sixth-form English teacher, Peter is the author of 23 self-published novels, 19 of which are now scheduled for release by major British and North American publishers. Peter 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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