Luck and Judgement by Peter Grainger - ISBN: 9781804961414
Paperback
A missing worker, sinister secrets, and a detective’s own doubts.

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  • Paperback

    432 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 third book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, DC Smith is looking for a body. What he finds is far more sinister.

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 L…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781804961414
ISBN-10:1804961418
Author:Peter Grainger
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:9 June 2026
Weight:308g
Dimensions:198mm x 131mm x 29mm
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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