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“You’re close to breaking, Lara.”

Words Detective Lara Keen never thought she’d hear spoken aloud. Let alone have them spoken to her by the Department shrink in his official capacity as her psychologist.

Things start to unravel not long afterwards.

The H.E.A.T. arsonist is still at large. Carole Michaels, Lara’s boyfriend’s sister, is still...

"There are times when I truly believe humanity will not survive."

This book bundle includes the first three novels in the H.E.A.T. Series as follows:

A Flare Of Heat: With a spate of murders to solve, a tip-off about suspicious activities in a popular sex club, and the return into her life of the one man she never wanted to trust again, Detective...

“I stared out at the majestic vista before me and thought, if God lived anywhere, it’d be here. And then I looked down at the dead body at my feet.”

Murder.
Mystery.
Quirky townspeople?

There’s something strange about Twizel. Maggie Blackmore didn’t come to this sleepy hollow for a mystery, but she sure as heck found one. Being an Aucklander in the...

“Sometimes life makes decisions for you. They’re just not the decisions you would have made for yourself.”

Stalker.

Killer.

Mohawk-wearing boy racers?

Trouble seems to be following Olivia Logan. When she’s forced to leave Auckland and move to Twizel, Olivia thinks her stalker problems have been left behind. But the small southern town of Twizel...

How long would you keep fighting for something that keeps tearing you apart?

Emergency services worker Kylee Dunn has a life that looks perfect on the surface. A caring husband. A beautiful home. A large group of friends. And a job that feels more like a brotherhood than a workplace.

But scratch a little deeper and the truth starts to spill out.

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Nicola Claire is the Wandering Writer...

Inspired by her own backyard, this collection of personal photos and four short stories showcases the wonder that surrounds her in Taupo, North Island, New Zealand. This is Nicola's home, her playground, the source she draws on for inspiration when writing. Pure NZ: Taupo contains more than 60 photos taken...