Peter Grainger

The sixth edition of Teaching: Making A Difference stands as a cornerstone resource for pre-service educators seeking a comprehensive, contemporary, and accessible introduction to the field of teaching. Through its meticulous attention to accuracy and relevance, this text offers students the possibility to engage with the latest initiatives and governmental mandates shaping educational landscapes. Local case studies woven throughout each...

The first time in print for the million-copy-selling crime writer. This time, a cast of good coppers, a wily ex-detective and a shadowy, well-connected operative are brought together by an aristocratic fatality. Only there's no body, no forensics—and enemies in the highest places. When Caroline Thorpe succeeded in casting doubt on the verdict of the inquest into her brother's death,...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the first book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, an experienced detective's unorthodox methods land him in troubled waters. When a young man drowns after a boisterous party in a small riverside town, his friends and family report it to the Kings Lake police as...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the ninth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, Chris Waters is finally in charge of a crime scene. Now he has to make a career-changing decision. Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 05.29 that July morning. "This is it," said DCI Reeve,...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the eighth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, DC Smith is ready to retire. But first, he must take one last look into the eyes of a serial killer. When fourteen-year-old Zoe Johnson doesn't come home on a Monday night in early December, the...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the eleventh book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, the Kings Lake detectives are on a routine case. This time the victim isn't who they think he is. The new Kings Lake Central murder squad is about to spend its first morning on team-building exercises...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the eleventh book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, a young woman is missing, presumed dead. Cara Freeman's determination to find her is personal. Life, as DC Smith used to say, is just one thing after another - as one investigation ends, a new one...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the twelfth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, an ex-sergeant might be in trouble. He reunites with DC Smith to discover the truth. He said if he hadn't heard from you by high noon today, he was going to strap on his six-guns and...

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...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the fifth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, DC Smith is recuperating. Then an unexpected call sends him to Belfast. Two weeks of rest and recuperation – that's what the doctor ordered. Detective Sergeant DC Smith could listen to some music, make some of...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the third book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, DC Smith is looking for a body. What he finds is far more sinister. When a worker goes missing from a North Sea gas platform, there seem to be just two possible explanations: it was a...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the fourth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, DC Smith has solved hundreds of crimes, but he's never been accused of one. Until now. In the peace and tranquillity of the woods at Pinehills on a Saturday afternoon, a mobile phone begins to ring....

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the sixth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, other detectives are content to connect the dots of a case. DC Smith paints a whole picture. Mark Randall lay dead in a field near Lowacre long before Smith had done what he had to do...

A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the seventh book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, two crimes take place in different centuries. DC Smith is determined to find the connection. Change is afoot at Kings Lake Central police station. A most unexpected new detective inspector takes up his post this Monday...