Category Archives: New Zealand

Containment by Vanda Symon

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Maxine

Containment by Vanda Symon Penguin (New Zealand), 2009. Sam Shephard #3 Reviewed at Petrona, May 2012.

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Overkill by Vanda Symon

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Maxine

Overkill by Vanda Symon Reviewed at Petrona, June 2011 See here for review.

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Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Maxine

Theo Tate is an ex-cop turned private investigator, who as this novel opens is supervising the exhumation of Henry Martins, a man who died some years ago. His daughter firmly believed that he had been murdered by his second wife, … Continue reading →

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Captured, by Neil Cross

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Maxine

  Captured This is one of those books for which you will have to set aside an hour or two to read from first page to last without a break. When you have finished it, you'll need to do something … Continue reading →

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Burial, by Neil Cross

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Maxine

  Burial BURIAL is one of those books that will make you miss your stop on the train. I predict that it will be a hit (2009's equivalent to 2008's NO TIME FOR GOODBYE by Linwood Barclay, perhaps), and will … Continue reading →

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