{"title":"Peter Grainger","description":"Peter Grainger is the \"creator of the greatest fictional sleuth you've probably never heard of\" (Financial Times magazine). A former sixth-form English teacher, Peter is the author of 23 novels. He 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.","products":[{"product_id":"persons-of-interest-a-novel-volume-4-paperback","title":"Persons of Interest: A Novel Volume 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDC Smith has solved hundreds of crimes, but he's never been accused of one. Until now.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the peace and tranquility of the woods at Pinehills on a Saturday afternoon, a mobile phone begins to ring. The phone belongs to DC Smith, and it isn't unusual that the call is from Kings Lake Central police station; what is unusual is the fact that he seems to be the subject of an investigation rather than taking part in one. What can the links be between a prisoner's violent death in another county, the disappearance of two teenagers and the highest profile case in Kings Lake for many years? As Smith and his team begin to untangle the threads, one thing becomes clear--they are dealing with some of the most dangerous people that they have yet encountered.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101825175775,"sku":"9781454968580","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rgoMBbOzaM9781454968580.webp?v=1781075713"},{"product_id":"an-accidental-death-paperback","title":"An Accidental Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story opens with the apparently accidental drowning of a sixth form student in the Norfolk countryside. As a matter of routine, or so it seems, the case passes across the desk of Detective Sergeant Smith, recently returned to work after an internal investigation into another case that has led to tensions between officers at Kings Lake police headquarters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a former Detective Chief Inspector, Smith could have retired by now, and it is clear some of his superiors wish that he would do so. With a new trainee detective in tow, Smith begins to unravel the truth about what happened to Wayne Fletcher. As the investigation proceeds, it becomes obvious that others are involved--some seem determined to prevent it, some seem to be taking too much interest. In the end Smith operates alone, having stepped too far outside standard procedures to ask for support. He knows his own safety might be at risk but he has not calculated on the life of his young assistant also being put in danger.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101868527839,"sku":"9781454968528","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6vtzKxAxSf9781454968528.webp?v=1781075793"},{"product_id":"but-for-the-grace-paperback","title":"But for the Grace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"We are living in the departure lounge,\" said Ralph Greenwood, \"and flights leave with monotonous regularity.\" So when another resident of the Rosemary House care home is found dead in her chair one Saturday evening in December, no-one is very surprised--not until the results of a routine post-mortem reveal something extraordinary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Police Sergeant DC Smith and his team have to tread carefully as they investigate what took place, and Smith himself has to confront some difficult memories. Others, meanwhile, seem intent on getting him to leave the force altogether, while, despite his best efforts, his social life also becomes a little more complicated. To top it all, Kings Lake has been waiting weeks for the snow to fall, in a winter that seems as if it will never end ...","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101888975071,"sku":"9781454968542","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/HCWAfCmi49781454968542.webp?v=1781075831"},{"product_id":"luck-and-judgement-paperback","title":"Luck and Judgement - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this heart-pounding thriller, DC Smith is looking for a body, but what he finds is far more sinister ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Lake, a life complicated enough to make him at least one dangerous enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before the case can be unraveled, Smith must get a new team working together; Waters and Murray are still there but one of Wilson's men is transferred to him, and the female detective constable from Longmarsh, Jo Evison, poses some unexpected problems for her new sergeant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together they begin to investigate the links between the companies and the people that bring ashore the oil and gas, and they also find themselves caught up in the seamier side of life that exists beneath Lake's everyday comings and goings. Evison begins to delve more deeply into the story of the Andretti murders, and Smith himself has to face the fact that he might no longer be considered fit for duty.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101951594719,"sku":"9781454968566","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Q9BkBQiwPG9781454968566.webp?v=1781075950"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/peter-grainger.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}