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Missing Pieces
  • Published: 17 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804961537
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $24.99

Missing Pieces

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A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the thirteenth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, Chris Waters is assigned an unusual cold case. A dubious, rejected theory might have the answers.

As the first anniversary of the formation of the Kings Lake murder squad approaches, there is a problem – they’ve run out of murders.

As a result, they are given the task of reviewing unsolved cold cases. One of these comes back to life in unexpected ways as the team try to discover the identity of the young woman whose body was found in the Norfolk countryside two decades ago. And even if they can give her a name, how can they possibly find her killer after so many years?
  • Published: 17 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804961537
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Peter Grainger

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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Praise for Missing Pieces

What sets Grainger’s books apart from the typical police procedural is the fully realized characters ... That and his elegant prose, with its pitch-perfect dialogue, which gets more assured and more playful in each book.

Financial Times

The books are comforting, yet the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.

The Times

If you love British crime fiction such as Morse, then this is a brilliant series for you.

***** Reader Review

I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!

***** Reader Review

An excellent, intelligent and believable crime series which just gets better.

***** Reader Review

Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.

***** Reader Review

Engaging characters, intriguing plots and occasional humour make for a page-turning read.

***** Reader Review