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A Private Investigation

A Novel

Coming Soon

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By Peter Grainger

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jan 27, 2026
Page Count
432 pages
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13
9781454968672

Price

$11.99

Price

$15.99 CAD

Format

ebook (Digital original)

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ebook (Digital original) $11.99 $15.99 CAD

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 do not ring straight away—after all, she’s from the Dockmills, one of the toughest estates in the town. But for Detective Sergeant DC Smith, due to retire in just three weeks’ time, there are some strange echoes of the case that has haunted him for the past thirteen years. Maybe it’s simply his over-developed sense of irony, or maybe, in his final days as a police officer, Smith must look once more into the eyes of a serial killer. 

Peter Grainger

About the Author

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.

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