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Another Girl
  • Published: 17 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804961544
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $28.00

Another Girl

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A million-copy-selling crime writer comes into print for the first time. In the fifteenth book of A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series, the Kings Lake detectives witness all kinds of danger. This time the threat is to one of their own.

She’s just watching, thinking about it again, when a big flash car pulls up outside. No one gets out. Then the doors of the bar open and people appear. Two men and a youngish woman, and one of the men has a hold on the woman’s arm. It looks as if they’re having words. Then, this all happens quickly: they push the woman towards the car, one of the back doors opens and they manhandle her inside. Sarah hears a muffled shout from the woman and the car pulls away. It’s all over in a few seconds.

Just a few seconds – but seconds which will set in motion a sequence of events involving every member of the Kings Lake Central murder squad in the days to follow. This time the threat is to one of their own.
  • Published: 17 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804961544
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $28.00

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 Another Girl

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

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