‘Or I could just retire, sir. I’ve thought about it but Superintendent Allen said he would be sorry to see me go.’
‘As would we all, Smith.’
‘Thank you, sir.’
It seemed then that there was nothing else to be said that could delay this. In the quiet below, a door was opened and then squealed slowly as it closed. Smith waited, the folder under his arm – all that was missing was the ticking of a clock.
Devine said, ‘We’d better make a start, then...’
And Smith said, ‘Yes, sir.’
IN THIS BRIGHT FUTURE
The next case for DC Smith, available now
IN THIS BRIGHT FUTURE
Two weeks of rest and recuperation – that’s what the doctor ordered. Detective Sergeant DC Smith could listen to some music, make some of his own and maybe even catch up on his reading; he is almost looking forward to it. And then there is a knock on the door.
It’s only his next-door neighbour but it is the beginning of a sequence of events that will bring him face to face with some of the darkest episodes and the most dangerous people from his own past. This is Smith’s fifth investigation but this time it’s personal.
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Peter Grainger
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
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