Tom Baragwanath

Masterton isn’t a big town. The community’s tight, if not always harmonious. So when a child goes missing, it’s a big deal for everyone. And when a second kid disappears, the whole town’s holding their own children that little bit tighter. Lorraine doesn’t have kids, but she has a nephew. She’s holding him a bit tighter, too, because she works...

A page-turning literary mystery set in a small community, where family and class tensions threaten to erupt after a brutal attack on a young student. "The nights aren't too cold yet, lucky thing. Otherwise we'd be having a different conversation." Jessica Mowbrie, beaten and dumped in the bush like a sack of garbage and lying comatose in a hospital bed—lucky...