But For The Grace (Paperback)

Peter Grainger

ISBN 10: 1804961396 / ISBN 13: 9781804961391

Published by Cornerstone, 2026

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Paperback. A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the second book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, death in old age shouldn't be suspicious. DC Smith thinks this one is.\"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.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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: But For The Grace (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cornerstone
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1804961396
• ISBN 13: 9781804961391
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

“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. 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… This, the second DC Smith investigation, follows on from 'An Accidental Death'.