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Overkill

Overkill

Author(s): Vanda Symon

Location(s): Mataura

Genre(s): Crime, Thriller

Era(s): Contemporary

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Book 1 in the PC Sam Shephard series. Action-packed, tension-filled and atmospheric police procedural set in rural New Zealand.

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. Sam Shephard, sole-charge police constable in Mataura, soon discovers the death was no suicide and has to face the realisation that there is a killer in town. To complicate the situation, the murdered woman was the wife of her former lover. When Sam finds herself on the list of suspects and suspended from duty, she must cast said her personal feelings and take matters into her own hands. To find the murderer… and clear her name. A taut, atmospheric and pageturning thriller, Overkill marks the start of an unputdownable and unforgettable series from one of New Zealand s finest crime writers.

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Author: tripfiction

Constable Sam Shepherd is the police presence in Mataura, a real life small town at the base of New Zealand’s South Island. Gaby, the wife of Lockie – a former lover of Sam’s –...

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