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When the official investigation into the murder of a respectable local businessman fails to add up, and personal problems start to play havoc with her state of mind, New Zealands favourite young detective Sam Shephard turns vigilante... \r\n\r\nFast-moving New Zealand procedural ... the Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly Ian Rankin\r\n\r\nIf you like taut, pacy thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for you Liam McIlvanney\r\n\r\nA sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa reading Kate Mosse\r\n\r\n_______________\r\n\r\nThe New Zealand city of Dunedin is rocked when a wealthy and apparently respectable businessman is murdered in his luxurious home while his wife is bound and gagged, and forced to watch. But when Detective Sam Shephard and her team start investigating the case, they discover that the victim had links with some dubious characters.\r\n\r\nThe case seems cut and dried, but Sam has other ideas. Weighed down by her dads terminal cancer diagnosis, and by complications in her relationship with Paul, she needs a distraction, and launches her own investigation. And when another murder throws the official case into chaos, its up to Sam to prove that the killer is someone no one could ever suspect... \r\n\r\n_______________\r\n\r\nPraise for the Sam Shephard series\r\n\r\nVanda Symons work resembles Janet Evanovichs Stephanie Plum series ... she knows how to tell a good story and the NZ setting adds spice The Times\r\n\r\nAtmospheric, emotional and gripping Foreword Reviews\r\n\r\nA plot that grabs the readers attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesnt let go Sunday Times \r\n\r\nPowerful, coolly assured, and an absolute belter of a read LoveReading \r\n\r\nIt is Symons copper Sam, self-deprecating and very human, who represents the writers real achievement Guardian\r\n\r\nFans of The Dry will love Vanda Symon Red Magazine\r\n\r\nWith a twisty plot, a protagonist who shines and beautifully written observations of the cruellest things ... this is crime fiction at its best Kiwi Crime\r\n\r\nReads like the polished effort of a genre veteran. More, please Booklist\r\n\r\nAtmospheric, gripping and incredibly satisfying Random Things through My Letterbox