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Whatever It Takes by Paul Cleave – 2019

Posted on August 4, 2019 by

In Paul Cleave’s Whatever it takes we have moved away from his ‘gateway to hell’ Christchurch to Acacia Pines, a small isolated town in the U.S.  Acacia Pines is a sawmill town, surrounded by a “Green Hole” of forests, with … Continue reading →

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Death of an Agent by David McGill – 2019

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

We first met Dan Delaney as a young wannabe detective holding the fort on Somes Island in Wellington Harbour in 1935, then again back in Wellington after having been a POW in the Second World War, and then in Auckland … Continue reading →

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Crystal Reign by Kelly Lyndon – 2018

Posted on March 10, 2019 by

Chrissie has got everything: a devoted husband, three lovely children, her health and a self-owned business.  She coaches her daughter’s netball team, is a martial arts practitioner, and has lots of friends.  Hardly the person you would pick as a … Continue reading →

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Teeth of the Wolf by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray – 2018

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

What a great genre mix-up: police procedural, horror, urban fantasy and cli fi all bundled together with a bit of romance thrown in! Teeth of the wolf is set in a not too distant future, in an Auckland that is … Continue reading →

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Underwater by Helen Vivienne Fletcher – 2018

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

Bailey and her young sister, Tilly, have been taken by their Gran to multi-generational Pine Hills Resort to try and get over a traumatic experience.  They could stay in a cabin together, but Bailey opts for splitting up by demographic, … Continue reading →

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QuByte by Cat Connor – 2018

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

Hand sanitizer anyone?  You will want some after reading the latest in Cat Connor’s Byte series, QuByte, which deals with biological terror threats. Special Agent Ellie Iverson (nee Conway) from Delta A, an elite force within the FBI, gets involved in disparate cases … Continue reading →

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Cassie Clark: Outlaw by Brian Falkner – 2018

Posted on February 22, 2019 by

Cassie Clark is an eighteen-year-old university literature student with a depressed mother, a prickly younger sister, a great friend called Jackson from Jackson, Mississippi, and a bodyguard.  She is still recovering in hospital from being knocked off her bike when … Continue reading →

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Wedlock by Denis Wright – 2018  

Posted on February 22, 2019 by

Lucy has a mixed life: She is more-or-less the only capable adult (at age 15) in her family, living with her aging-rocker Dad and ex-prize-fighter Grandfather, who is living with Parkinson’s. She has some mates and manages to negotiate the … Continue reading →

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The Vanishing Act by Jen Shieff – 2018

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

Art teacher Rosemary Cawley has been exiled to Auckland, New Zealand, due to her upper-class British family not coping with her accidentally-discovered erotic poetry; it is the 1960s – the Vietnam War, toothpick-skewered cheese and gherkins, an almost Victorian-era sex … Continue reading →

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Stall Turns by Penelope Haines – 2018

Posted on February 16, 2019 by

Stall turns is the third in the Claire Hardcastle mystery series and starts with Claire and her detective boyfriend Jack Body having a well-earned break.  They are on their way to help with the Labour Day Weekend sheep muster on … Continue reading →

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