But For The Grace by Peter Grainger - ISBN: 9781804961391
Paperback
Death in a care home is suspicious, even with routine post-mortems.

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    9 June 2026

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Summary

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time.

In the second book of the DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, death in old age shouldn’t be suspicious. DC Smith thinks this one is.

“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 t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781804961391
ISBN-10:1804961396
Author:Peter Grainger
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:9 June 2026
Weight:254g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 24mm
Series:A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series
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Critics Review

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 slow-burning mystery with an intelligence of its own, driven by strong characters and thought-provoking questions about humanity. Fans of Louise Penny’s Three Pines series or Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club are sure to appreciate this series as well. * Booklist *

About The Author

Peter Grainger

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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