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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...

Fast-moving New Zealand procedural ... the Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadlyIan Rankin

New Zealands answer to Siobhan ClarkeThe Times

A sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa readingKate Mosse

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The 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.

The 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.

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Praise for the Sam Shephard series

A really strong mystery with a twist that works very nicely … The family dynamic and Sams dealing with the trauma are brilliantly observedNB Magazine

If you like taut, pacy thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for youLiam McIlvanney

Vanda Symons work resembles Janet Evanovichs Stephanie Plum series she knows how to tell a good story and the NZ setting adds spiceThe Times

Atmospheric, emotional and grippingForeword Reviews

A plot that grabs the readers attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesnt let goSunday Times

Powerful, coolly assured, and an absolute belter of a readLoveReading

It is Symons copper Sam, self-deprecating and very human, who represents the writers real achievementGuardian

Fans of The Dry will love Vanda SymonRed Magazine

With a twisty plot, a protagonist who shines and beautifully written observations of the cruellest things this is crime fiction at its bestKiwi Crime

Reads like the polished effort of a genre veteran. More, pleaseBooklist

Atmospheric, gripping and incredibly satisfyingAnne Cater, Random Things through My Letterbox