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- ISBN 9781804961544
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 12 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Cornerstone
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Get ready to be hooked by the fourth thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer: the Kings Lake detectives witness all kinds of danger. But this time the threat is to one of their own...
'Pitch-perfect crime writing.' DAILY EXPRESS
'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review
'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review
'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader Review
DC Serena Butler is carrying out plainclothes intelligence work when she misses a check-in with her handler – not long after disclosing that she had made some interesting new friends.
Her team back in Kings Lake jump into action, with DCI Cara Freeman pushing to be involved in the investigation as well as the drugs case Butler was working when she was taken. The murder squad have their own hit and run to solve at home, and while they do their due diligence they can’t help but be distracted by their friend’s disappearance.
‘Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES
'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES
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.
