
The Rags of Time
$22.96
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2026
Summary
A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time.
In the sixth book of the DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, other detectives are content to connect the dots of a case. DC Smith paints a whole picture.
Mark Randall lay dead in a field near Lowacre long before Smith had done what he had to do in Belfast. By the time he went back to work, the investigation was well underway. “It’s not my case” he says more than once, and he really doesn’t need it…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804961476 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1804961477 |
| Author: | Peter Grainger |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
| 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 *
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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