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A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation
- DC Smith Investigation Series, Book 8
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's Summary
When 14-year-old Zoe Johnson doesn't come home on a Monday night in early December, the alarm bells in Kings Lake Central police station do not ring straight away - after all, she's from the Dockmills, one of the toughest estates in the town.
But for Detective Sergeant DC Smith, due to retire in just three weeks' time, there are some strange echoes of the case that has haunted him for the past 13 years. Maybe it's simply his over-developed sense of irony, or maybe, in his final days as a police officer, Smith must look once more into the eyes of a serial killer.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-07-08
Tears
I know Smith survived but it still brought a tear to my eye.
I will read the Truth.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-10-29
DCSmith struggles with his inner voice
The ending did not suit dcsmith's experience & logic, but everyone makes mistakes. A good message for anyone facing retirement. Extremely entertaining series. i loved it!
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- Eveline Howells
- 2021-03-10
A private Investigatio by Peter Grainger
Read by Gildart Jackson.
This has been an excellent book series.
This particular one has been the very best of the series for me.
The dedication of the men and women in The police force is just amazing. The psychology in the working process of a fine detective can't be ignored. Todays police forces throughout the land have to be sharp and well educated. While university plays a huge part in todays world of policing there is like in many other things a real need for expeirience.
loved this book.
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- MARIANNE
- 2023-04-08
Intelligent, Insightful, Suspenseful, Addicting
I have now listened to 8 of the DC Smith Series. I started because they were included books, and I hit the jackpot. I'd never read anything by Peter Grainger and I was catching up, listening until I was finished with Book 8. I just purchased Book 9 before writing this. I've recently listened to a superb selection of books, and this Series is at the top of the list. The writing is unusual to me. It's like shadowing a person on the inside and the outside. I suspect few writers can emulate this style. My words are not adequate to describe the great enjoyment I had listening to these stories with it's insights from various points of view and the ironies that appear daily in any situation when you are aware. How important self-knowlege is, So, don't read my very boring review of such a brilliant, unboring, addictive set of stories that is somehow beyond me to adequately describe. I loved, loved, loved it.
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- Jennifer
- 2023-09-18
Really well written
Suspense in bushels. Very credible characters and situations.
And beautifully narrated.
Unequivocally recommended by this reader.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-10-08
Riveting series
I’ve been binge listening to this series. The stories are interesting, we’ll written and we’ll performed.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-10-20
Excellent again.
The plot, character development and narration were all superb. Peter Grainger is my got to for British police procedurals. He is in a class of his own.
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- Nat
- 2021-06-18
great but sad
shit! did not like the end at all but loved the book. always great read from Granger.
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- Canadian Sheepfarmer
- 2023-09-16
Very well written and narrated.
A good story witha a good twist at the end. If you have read the rest of the series in order you cannot fail to be moved by it. Sentimental in places but never mawkish. Grainger obviously knows this world from the inside,, if he goes a little overboard on the procedurals in places , for me it added to the charm.
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- HANNAH SIBETH
- 2023-10-06
Another Peter Granger wonder
Brilliant story left me speechless and frantically searching the library for the next one. A very wry sense of humour always good in a mystery. Listening to the next one now!
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