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  • 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… Read More

  • As the first anniversary of the formation of the Kings Lake murder squad approaches, there's a problem—they’ve run out of murders. As a result, they are given the task of reviewing unsolved cold cases. One of these comes back to life in… Read More

  • In this heart-pounding novel, Detective DC Smith’s unorthodox investigation methods land him in a royally twisted situation as he looks into the tragic death of a Lord. During DC Smith’s third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency, they… Read More

  • In another thrilling DC Smith investigation, the Kings Lake Central detectives race to solve a twisted murder. Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 5:29 that July morning. This is it, said DCI Reeve, you’ll be first there, it’s… Read More

  • A simple case takes an unexpected turn as the Kings Lake Central murder squad must learn to work together in order to solve the twisted murder mystery. The new Kings Lake Central murder squad is about to spend its first… Read More

  • In this exciting thriller, the murder squad are put to the test as their latest investigation uncovers dark secrets and uncomfortable truths. Life, as DC Smith used to say, is just one thing after another. As one investigation ends, a… Read More

  • DC Smith’s job is put on the line when a woman’s insurance company hires him to confirm that her missing husband is no longer alive—so her second husband can cash in on a hefty insurance claim. Jo told him the… Read More

  • Sometimes the past comes back to haunt you, and for DC Smith, that time is now ... When fourteen-year-old Zoe Johnson doesn’t come home on a Monday night in early December, the alarm bells in Kings Lake Central police station… Read More

  • DC Smith and the rest of the murder squad are on the case to find a missing woman—but the danger might be closer than they assume. A big car pulls up. No one gets out. Then the doors of a… Read More

  • Two retired police officers step back into their old roles after one of the former officers learns of his son's arrest over a drug charge—leaving both men on the search for the truth.“He said if he hadn’t heard from you… Read More

  • An experienced detective’s unorthodox methods land him in troubled waters in this first book in the DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation series by prolific British crime writer Peter Grainger. The story opens with the apparently accidental drowning of a sixth form… Read More

  • In this thrilling novel, dark secrets and reminders of the past must be brought into the light as DC Smith and his team try to stick together and solve their most challenging case yet. “We are living in the departure… Read More

  • In this heart-pounding thriller, DC Smith is looking for a body, but 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… Read More

  • DC Smith has solved hundreds of crimes, but he’s never been accused of one. Until now. In the peace and tranquility of the woods at Pinehills on a Saturday afternoon, a mobile phone begins to ring. The phone belongs to… Read More

  • Belfast seems like a perfect place for DC Smith to recuperate—until there’s a knock on the door and a new job arrives on his doorstep. Two weeks of rest and recuperation—that’s what the doctor ordered. Detective Sergeant DC Smith could… Read More

  • Other detectives are content to connect the dots of a case, but DC Smith paints a whole picture in this thrilling murder mystery. Mark Randall lay dead in a field near Lowacre long before Smith had done what he had… Read More

  • Two retired police officers step back into their old roles after one of the former officers learns of his son's arrest over a drug charge—leaving both men on the search for the truth.“He said if he hadn’t heard from you… Read More