This rural New Zealand-based police procedural applies tension and atmosphere, as PC Sam Shephard investigates the murder of the wife of her former lover, contending also with suspicion cast in her own direction.
'A sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist' Kate Mosse
When the body of a young mother is found washed up on the banks of the Mataura River, a small rural community is rocked by her tragic suicide. But all is not what it seems.
Mataura is a small town in rural New Zealand where, apart from the odd tractor theft, nothing very interesting happens. But when the body of a young mother is found washed up on the banks of the Mataura River, the small rural community is rocked by her tragic suicide. All is not what it seems, howev...