Time and Tide

Get ready to be hooked by the seventh thrilling and atmospheric murder mystery from the million-copy-selling crime writer: two crimes take place in different centuries. DC Smith is determined to find the connection...'Pitch-perfect crime writing.' DAILY EXPRESS 'Peter Grainger's books are addictive.' CRIMINAL ELEMENT'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review 'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review 'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader ReviewChange is afoot at Kings Lake Central police station.A most unexpected new detective inspector takes up his post this Monday morning, and the oldest detective in the place takes a momentous decision. Around them, other officers are considering their own situations, and even the building itself seems to be facing an uncertain future. But life and death go on, nevertheless, and by lunchtime someone will make a grim discovery on the Norfolk saltmarshes. A stranger seems to have suffered a slow and agonising death out there.As the team from Kings Lake uncover his story, they reveal another, much older one with its origins far back in the previous century. In the tide that governs the affairs of men, it seems, love and loss, betrayal and revenge are timeless themes.'Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn't want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES