Roxanne

In this exciting new thriller, the Kings Lake murder squad finds themselves plunged into a dark and seamy mystery, one that will haunt them long after the case is closed.

When a woman is found dead in a car, the Kings Lake murder squad begins to uncover fragments of a story that doesn’t quite add up. They must venture into a sordid underworld ruled by sex, drugs, and violence to expose the truth and bring the killer to justice.

Life, as DC Smith used to say, is just one thing after another. As one investigation ends, a new one begins. But for reasons unknown to the rest of her team, for DCI Freeman, Roxanne’s case will bring up secrets from her own past, leaving her tormented.

• “The best literary detective you’ve never heard of.” 
  The New York Times
• "The greatest fictional sleuth you've probably never heard of.”
  The Financial Times
• "The books are comforting, the writing is subtle, and the plots are gripping.”
  The Times of London
• “Grainger’s stories do what the best of literature has always done, explore the mysteries and varieties of life and what it means to be a human being… It would be hard to find a better use of reading time… I’m confident that if detective fiction readers ever decide to create their own Mt. Rushmore, the likeness of David Conrad Smith would be prominent among the honorees.” 
  American Spectator