'A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Māori culture' Val McDermidA DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH.A KILLER IN SEARCH OF RETRIBUTION.A CLASH BETWEEN CULTURE AND DUTY.THE PAST NEVER TRULY STAYS BURIED.WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE OF PARADISE.Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single motherhood and the pressures of her career in Auckland’s C...

THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD AND RETURN TO BLOOD.In the depths of the bleak New Zealand winter comes the rising of Matariki – a sacred constellation in Māori culture, heralding a time of new beginnings. For former Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman, life is good: her work in her hometown of Tātā Bay is going well, the community is thriving, and her daughter Addison is getting engaged.But...

Have you ever felt the sea pull at something deeper than memory?Across generations, one family rises and falls with the tide, their love for the ocean carried forward like a melody that refuses to end.Each life becomes a song - of courage, of inheritance, of promises kept across time.These are the Songs of the Caretakers.And somewhere beyond the horizon, the sea is still singing.

Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Burdett, who had been beaten to death with the softball bat she kept next to her bed for her own protection Tim McKinnel, en ex-cop turned private investigator, discovered the long forgotten case 18 years later, saw an injustice had been done and set out to win Teina’s freedom. Reaching from the mean streets of South Auckland to the highest court in the Commonwealth, this is t...

Beneath the waters of the Pacific, hidden from the human world, lies a kingdom few have ever seen.From the ancient City of Light beneath Mount Shasta to the depths of the Emerald Castle, the ocean is alive with memory, power, and guardians sworn to protect its balance. At the center of it all stands the Crystal Window, an ancient relic that reveals not the future, but the consequences of choice.Angelica, Princess of the Sea, has been warned never to interfere with what the ...

WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2025Two murders. Two decades apart.One chance to get justice.Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start.The discovery of a skeleton in the dunes near her house changes everything. The remains are those of a young Maori woman who went missing four years before, and Hana...

Within two years of the battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor was forced to defend his throne against a formidable challenge mounted on behalf of a ten-year-old boy who had been crowned in Dublin as 'Edward VI'. Though presented as the last surviving Plantagenet, the young lad is generally known to history as Lambert Simnel.Lambert Simnel and the Battle of Stoke unravels the tangled web of dynastic politics and rivalries in Yorkist England, seeking a context for...

A new town. A second chance. A calling he never saw coming.When Peter arrives in Port Redding to rebuild his life, he believes he's come to help, running a harbor rescue clinic along a coastline forever changed by the sea. But this is no ordinary place. Dolphins gather with purpose. Orcas watch from beyond the break. And the ocean is not silent. It's waiting.As the tides begin to shift in ways no one can explain, Peter realizes he is standing at the edge of something far grea...

They had never expected the threat to come this way.With Noah, Fitz, and Daniel away on work that took them from the coast, the clinic is left in the hands of those who know it best. Penny, Anna, and Wendy face a challenge that does not rise from the ocean, but from human ambition corporate interests determined to claim what was built through care. Holding ground means more than defending a place; it means understanding what it asks of them in return.It is Lilibeth who finds ...

A crooked sign. A quiet shoreline. A choice that will echo for generations. When John and Kathy follow an unexplainable pull to the coast, they believe they are building a home, but what they uncover is a calling. As dolphins gather, dreams deepen, and their children are drawn to the water in ways they cannot explain, one truth rises with the tide: this place is not theirs to own, but theirs to protect. What begins as a simple life by the sea becomes a legacy that will shape the future.

A young girl is caught between her love for the ocean and defending the dolphins to save Queens Selina's kingdom she must go on a quest to retrieve Neptune's Trident to fight off the White Sharks King Akeilos always keeping in mind that one decision can change everything when you go surfing with the dolphins.

Before crowns or prophecies or ancient agreements, there was a girl who loved the water.Lilibeth has always felt the ocean calling. With her surfboard, a pod of dolphins, and a mysterious blue pearl around her neck, she moves through the waves like she belongs to something bigger than herself.When she dreams of the Emerald Castle beneath the sea, she discovers that joy is not just something to enjoy, it's something to protect. As tensions rise between the dolphin realm and ...