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Roxanne
  • Published: 25 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804961452
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $24.99
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Roxanne

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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 begins.

But, for reasons unknown to the rest of the Kings Lake Central murder squad, their next case will haunt DCI Cara Freeman. It sends them into the seamy side of life in the town, and one of their number will have departed before this new investigation is over. Perhaps Detective Sergeant Chris Waters should have seen it coming – but he has a lot more than work on his mind these days.
  • Published: 25 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804961452
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

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 Roxanne

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