DC Smith Series by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson

4.35 · 156 ratings
  • An Accidental Death (DC Smith #1)
    #1

    An Accidental Death (DC Smith #1)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 2013

    The story opens with the apparently accidental drowning of a sixth form student in the Norfolk countryside. As a matter of routine, or so it seems, the case passes across the desk of Detective Sergeant Smith, recently returned to work after an internal investigation into another case that has led to tensions between officers at Kings Lake police headquarters. As an ex DCI, Smith could have retired by now, and it is clear that some of his superiors wish that he would do so... more

  • But For The Grace (DC Smith #2)
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    But For The Grace (DC Smith #2)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings · published 2014

    “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... more

  • Luck and Judgement (DC Smith #3)
    #3

    Luck and Judgement (DC Smith #3)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings · published 2015

    When a worker goes missing from a North Sea gas platform, there seem to be just two possible explanations – it was a tragic accident or a suicide. It does not take Smith and his detectives long, however, to discover that James Bell led a double life back onshore in Kings Lake, a life complicated enough to make him at least one dangerous enemy... more

  • Persons of Interest (DC Smith #4)
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    Persons of Interest (DC Smith #4)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2015

    In the peace and tranquillity of the woods at Pinehills on a Saturday afternoon, a mobile phone begins to ring. The phone belongs to DC Smith and it isn’t unusual that the call is from Kings Lake Central police station; what is unusual is the fact that he seems to be the subject of an investigation rather than taking part in one... more

  • In This Bright Future (DC Smith #5)
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    In This Bright Future (DC Smith #5)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2016

    Two weeks of rest and recuperation – 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... more

  • The Rags of Time (DC Smith #6)
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    The Rags of Time (DC Smith #6)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2016

    Mark Randall lay dead in a field near Lowacre long before Smith had done what he had to do in Belfast. By the time he went back to work, the investigation was well underway. “It’s not my case” he says more than once, and he really doesn’t need it to be; he has enough to think about as it is... more

  • Time and Tide (DC Smith #7)
    #7

    Time and Tide (DC Smith #7)

    Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings · published 2017

    Listening Length: 13 hours, 29 minutesChange is afoot at Kings Lake Central police station. A most unexpected new detective inspector takes up his post this Monday morning, and the oldest detective in the place takes a momentous decision. Around them, other officers are considering their own situations, and even the building itself seems to be facing an uncertain future. But life and death go on, nevertheless, and by lunchtime someone will make a grim discovery on the Norfolk saltmarshes... more

  • A Private Investigation (DC Smith #8)
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    A Private Investigation (DC Smith #8)

    Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2018

    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... more

  • The Truth: A DC Smith Investigation (DC Smith #9)
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    The Truth: A DC Smith Investigation (DC Smith #9)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2021

    He said if he hadn't heard from you by high noon today, he was going to strap on his six-guns and ride back into town. So I think you should call him, Charlie. Call him before you come home. Charlie Hills, former desk sergeant at Kings Lake Central, is in trouble. He hasn't told Smith, his old friend and sparring partner, but someone has, and now the two former policemen are about to embark on a difficult and potentially dangerous search for the truth. For one of them, it could be life-changing.

  • The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation (DC Smith #10)
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    The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation (DC Smith #10)

    Peter Grainger

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2023

    Jo told him the phone call had been about a woman who wanted to have her husband declared dead. Smith thought for a moment and then said, ‘Hmm. There must be a few million women in this country who feel like that. I take it her husband’s been missing for a while and she’s decided it’s time to move on. In the absence of a body, which is always a nuisance, she wants Diver and Diver to confirm there’s no proof he’s alive... more

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