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.

Get ready to be hooked by the thirteenth thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer: Chris Waters is assigned an unusual cold case. A dubious, rejected theory might have the answers...

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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, and an unexpected turn brings one investigation back to life, as the team as the team try to discover the identity of the young woman whose body was found in the Norfolk countryside two decades ago. But after so many years, if they don’t even know her name, how can they possibly find her killer?

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"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