In This Bright Future
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In This Bright Future
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 β that's what the doctor ordered. Detective Sergeant DC Smith could listen to some music, make some of his own, and maybe even catch up on his reading; he is almost looking forward to it. And then there is a knock on the door.
It's only his next-door neighbour, but it is the beginning of a sequence of events that will bring him face to face with some of the darkest episodes and the most dangerous people from his own past. Smith has done countless investigations, but this time it's personal.
Series: A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804961438
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 254g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Peter Grainger is the 'creator of the greatest fictional sleuth you've probably never heard of' (FT magazine). A former sixth-form English teacher, Peter is the author of 23 self-published novels, 19 of which are now scheduled for release by major British and North American publishers. Peter 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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