In This Bright Future
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DC Smith must confront both a violent history and the ghosts of his own past in this twisty thriller.
“The greatest fictional sleuth you've probably never heard of." —Financial Teams
Recovering from knee surgery, DC Smith is prescribed two weeks of bed rest. There will be no chasing murderers through...
Published By Union Square & Co.
Format Paperback
Number Of Pages 352
Publication Date 09/01/2026
ISBN 9781454968603
Dimensions 5.5 inches x 8.25 inches
"The greatest fictional sleuth you've probably never heard of."—Financial Times
"The books are comforting, the writing is subtle, and the plots are gripping."—The Times of London
“The gruff and uncompromising Smith is a copper in the spirit of George Gently and John Rebus—that is, complicated and not cartoonish.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
"What sets Grainger's books apart from the typical police procedural is the fully realized characters...That and his elegant prose, with its pitch-perfect dialogue, which gets more assured and more playful in each."
—Financial Times
“Grainger’s stories do what the best of literature has always done, explore the mysteries and varieties of life and what it means to be a human being… It would be hard to find a better use of reading time… I’m confident that if detective fiction readers ever decide to create their own Mt. Rushmore, the likeness of David Conrad Smith would be prominent among the honorees.”
—American Spectator