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Fresh from maternity leave, Dunedin detective Sam Shephard investigates the unsolved murder of a highly esteemed church minister ... with potentially deadly consequences. Queen of New Zealand Crime, Vanda Symon, returns with a shocking, twisty new Sam Shephard thriller...
`New Zealand's answer to Siobhan Clarke´ The Times
`The Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly´ Ian Rankin
`New Zealand's modern Queen of Crime´ Val McDermid
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On her first day back from maternity leave, Detective Sam Shephard is thrown straight into a cold-case investigation – the unsolved murder of a highly respected Anglican Priest in Dunedin.
The case has been a thorn in the side of the Police hierarchy, and for her boss it' s personal.
With all the witness testimony painting a picture of a dedicated church and family man, what possible motive could there have been for his murder?
But when Sam starts digging deeper into the case, it becomes apparent someone wants the sins of the past to remain hidden. And when a new potential witness to the crime is found brutally murdered, there is pressure from all quarters to solve the case before anyone else falls prey.
But is it already too late... ?
Dark, emotive and thought-provoking, Prey is a chilling, sophisticated thriller that cements Vanda Symon' s position as the new `Queen of New Zealand Crime´ .
`New Zealand's answer to Siobhan Clarke´ The Times
`The Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly´ Ian Rankin
`New Zealand's modern Queen of Crime´ Val McDermid
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On her first day back from maternity leave, Detective Sam Shephard is thrown straight into a cold-case investigation – the unsolved murder of a highly respected Anglican Priest in Dunedin.
The case has been a thorn in the side of the Police hierarchy, and for her boss it' s personal.
With all the witness testimony painting a picture of a dedicated church and family man, what possible motive could there have been for his murder?
But when Sam starts digging deeper into the case, it becomes apparent someone wants the sins of the past to remain hidden. And when a new potential witness to the crime is found brutally murdered, there is pressure from all quarters to solve the case before anyone else falls prey.
But is it already too late... ?
Dark, emotive and thought-provoking, Prey is a chilling, sophisticated thriller that cements Vanda Symon' s position as the new `Queen of New Zealand Crime´ .
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