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But for the Grace

A DC Smith Investigation Series, Book 2

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But for the Grace

By: Peter Grainger
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
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"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. Sergeant DC Smith and his team have to tread carefully as they investigate what took place, and Smith himself has to confront some difficult memories. Others, meanwhile, seem intent on getting him to leave the force altogether, while, despite his best efforts, his social life also becomes a little more complicated. To top it all, Kings Lake has been waiting weeks for the snow to fall, in a winter that seems as if it will never end.

©2014 Peter Grainger (P)2016 Tantor Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Crime
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Nice to find a police force that is devoid of bad tempered , foul mouthed , incompetent , basket cases . Enjoyed this book so very much ,can't recommend it highly enough , this promises to be an excellent series

A treat .

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Not the best book I ever read but a comforting read in the crazy world we live in currently. I simply lijed it.

Easy going nice story

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a great story beautifully written cleverly developed heat characterization and imaginatively finished. cannot wait for the next one

absolutely brilliant

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That's a great detective story with a philosophical hint - without the cringe kitchy motives you find often on detective stories. Don't expect too many super surprsing plot twists though. ; )

I loved the narrator! No unnecessary overexaggeration and a nice voice with a bit of obrony here and there.

Good, classy story with a charming narrator

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Like: good story with unexpected twist and some food for thought.
Long-winded in places.
Not credible: that several very sharp older people who remember everything, esp. the guy who thinks up such cunningly clever strategies, live in a locked ward in a care home. They remember more than I would, of an event a month ago. That totally does not happen in real life.

Good story, a bit long- winded

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