Peter Grainger is the best author I can name who doesn’t have a Wikipedia page.

His 2024 book ➙ The Late Lord Thorpe: A DC Smith Investigation — is as brilliant as all of the rest.

DC Smith is one of my favourite characters of literature.

Dry British wit. I laugh out loud.

No gun shots. No car chases. No profanity. No sex, please, we’re British.

Instead you get a meticulous procedural. The slowest of slow burns.

This is DC Smith’s third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. He works for them part time, being retired from the police.

They have been asked by a member of Norfolk’s aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title.

The inquest verdict was of misadventure, but it isn’t long before Smith begins to suspect there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.

This book is only available on Kindle and Audio. I highly recommend it.