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- ISBN 9781804961513
- 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: a woman wants her missing husband to be declared dead. DC Smith isn’t convinced he is...
'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
When Jo takes a phone call from a woman who wants to have her husband declared dead, DC Smith’s assumes Amanda Fitch simply feels that it’s time to draw a line under the disappearance and move on.
But on this occasion Smith has it wrong. The insurance company will have to pay out a very substantial amount of money if Fitch obtains her certificate of presumed death. In fact, they first engaged Diver and Diver Associates to look into the disappearance of Gerald Fitch more than five years ago. But now, Jason Diver says, he has the very man who can finish the job. All he has to do is to persuade that man to take it on.
‘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.
