top of page
IMG_1729.jpeg

Peter Grainger

Official Website of the author of the best-selling DC Smith Investigation Series

Books

The Late Lord Thorpe

tllt.jpg

The latest book from Peter Grainger

Available Now

Following the launch of The Camera Man Peter had the privilege of being interviewed by best-selling author and podcaster, Andy Andrews.

You can watch that interview covering writing, ideas and how the DC Smith Investigation Smith series came to be, on Andy's website.

BOOKS

The DC Smith & Kings Lake Investigation Series

78C8A688-C1A0-4A1C-A259-B7F5DFE765ED.jpeg

AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH

peter grainger 4

PERSONS OF INTEREST

peter grainger 5

TIME AND TIDE

b296c90c-b48e-4882-a1fa-54cb98091aee.jpg

ON EDEN STREET

Screenshot 2021-12-01 at 08.59.41.png

MISSING PIECES

but for the grace novel

BUT FOR THE GRACE

peter grainger 5

IN THIS BRIGHT FUTURE

1142471412.jpg

A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION

Roxanne_cover.png

ROXANNE

f62dfd53-a1b2-452a-a886-627603ed779c.jpeg

THE CAMERA MAN

luck and judgment novel

LUCK AND JUDGEMENT

peter grainger 6

THE RAGS OF TIME

cover_9.jpg

SONGBIRD

DC-Smith-9.jpeg

THE TRUTH

26e9a7f7-ff0d-43c0-9a35-66a1dd8c00ec.jpeg

ANOTHER GIRL

tllt.jpg

THE LATE LORD THORPE

Also by Peter Grainger

peter grainger lane

Lane

peter grainger 5

One-way Tickets

arcadia.JPG

Arcadia

Written as Robert Partridge

robert partridge paris

PARIS AND OTHER LOVE STORIES

robert partridge the rink

THE RINK

rober partridge asher book

ASHER

robert partridge afon book

AFON

AUDIOBOOKS

The DC Smith & Kings Lake Investigation Series

​​​

Brought to life perfectly by the talented Gildart Jackson, the King's Lake and DC Smith Investigation series have become a series of best-selling audiobooks.

Published by Tantor Media, they are available on Audible and Audiobooks.com through the following links:

A Case for Willows & Lane

Voiced by the excellent Henrietta Meire, the Willows & Lane audiobooks have joined their King's Lake counterparts as best-sellers on Amazon.

Also published by Tantor Media, they are available on Audible and Audiobooks.com:

REVIEWS

Having led investigations into many real life "who done it" murders I just love this writing.

 

I have no idea if Mr. Grainger has any personal police experience, but the whole tenor of his writing, and especially the philosophy of D.C.Smith is exactly what every aspiring detective should seek to emulate.

It is the sheer credibility of these books’ main character, and those of his colleagues and other participants, that makes them so grippingly readable.

 

Indeed, the same could be said of the plot in all of the books as Mr Grainger never puts a foot wrong.

The procedural aspects were spot on, and the small but all too real petty annoyances of life in the public sector will resonate with anyone who has ever found themselves buried under a pile of paperwork or had to read yet another useless memo from someone in a made up job wearing an expensive suit...

In The Press
Bio

BIO

E4678F7F-3B3A-46BE-896D-218110CF391F.JPG

Although I've always been a reader, I must admit that I first got into crime novels via television series such as Morse and Frost.

 

It seemed odd initially, reading about characters that I had only watched before, and I found that I didn't always agree with what the producers and scriptwriters had done - but then I probably am one of life's disagree-ers.

 

Having independently published three novels on Amazon's Kindle, I decided that my next project could be a crime novel of my own.

 

In some ways it was easier to write than general fiction, the conventions of the genre making some decisions straightforward, but I still spend a lot of time developing the characters; to me, character comes before everything else in fiction.

Contact

CONTACT

Sign up for news and previews of future books

For any inquiries, please contact Peter Grainger:

  • Black Facebook Icon

Follow me:

bottom of page