Prey: Volume 6
The chilling, twisty new Sam Shephard Mystery
Published on 29. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-916788-22-0 (ISBN)
Description
Fresh from maternity leave, Dunedin detective Sam Shephard investigates the unsolved murder of a highly esteemed church minister ... with potentially deadly consequences. New Queen of New Zealand Crime, Vanda Symon, returns with a page-turning, riveting new Sam Shephard mystery...
'A series that has gradually become deeper and defter ... New Zealand has a new Ngaio Marsh' The Times
`What a page-turner! I adored DS Sam Shepherd ... her irreverence for authority while always alert to the job in hand. A fantastically riveting read? Liz Nugent
`If you've never met New Zealand detective Sam Shephard, you're in for a treat ... a one-sitting read? Ann Cleeves
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On her first day back from maternity leave, Detective Sam Shephard is thrown straight into a cold-case investigation - the unsolved murder of a highly respected Anglican Priest in Dunedin.
The case has been a thorn in the side of the Police hierarchy, and for her boss it's personal.
With all the witness testimony painting a picture of a dedicated church and family man, what possible motive could there have been for his murder?
But when Sam starts digging deeper into the case, it becomes apparent someone wants the sins of the past to remain hidden. And when a new potential witness to the crime is found brutally murdered, there is pressure from all quarters to solve the case before anyone else falls prey.
But is it already too late...?
______
`Gripping and addictive ... Vanda Symon is a must read for all thriller fans? Michael Wood
Praise for the Sam Shephard series
***SHORTLISTED for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger***
***SHORTLISTED for Best Paperback in the Barry Awards***
**SHORTLISTED for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel**
`A sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa reading? Kate Mosse
`From the opening pages, this story left me gasping for breath? Michael Robotham
`New Zealand's answer to Siobhan Clarke? The Times
`The Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly? Ian Rankin
`New Zealand's modern Queen of Crime? Val McDermid
`Fans of The Dry will love Vanda Symon? Red Magazine
`Chillingly intense with a finely honed sense of place? Craig Robertson
`If you like taut, pacy thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for you? Liam McIlvanney
`Vanda Symon's work resembles Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series she knows how to tell a good story and the NZ setting adds spice? The Times
`Atmospheric, emotional and gripping? Foreword Reviews
`It is Symon's copper Sam, self-deprecating and very human, who represents the writer's real achievement? Guardian
`Fast, furious and intense? Helen Fields
`A plot that grabs the reader's attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesn't let go? Sunday Times
'A series that has gradually become deeper and defter ... New Zealand has a new Ngaio Marsh' The Times
`What a page-turner! I adored DS Sam Shepherd ... her irreverence for authority while always alert to the job in hand. A fantastically riveting read? Liz Nugent
`If you've never met New Zealand detective Sam Shephard, you're in for a treat ... a one-sitting read? Ann Cleeves
______
On her first day back from maternity leave, Detective Sam Shephard is thrown straight into a cold-case investigation - the unsolved murder of a highly respected Anglican Priest in Dunedin.
The case has been a thorn in the side of the Police hierarchy, and for her boss it's personal.
With all the witness testimony painting a picture of a dedicated church and family man, what possible motive could there have been for his murder?
But when Sam starts digging deeper into the case, it becomes apparent someone wants the sins of the past to remain hidden. And when a new potential witness to the crime is found brutally murdered, there is pressure from all quarters to solve the case before anyone else falls prey.
But is it already too late...?
______
`Gripping and addictive ... Vanda Symon is a must read for all thriller fans? Michael Wood
Praise for the Sam Shephard series
***SHORTLISTED for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger***
***SHORTLISTED for Best Paperback in the Barry Awards***
**SHORTLISTED for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel**
`A sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa reading? Kate Mosse
`From the opening pages, this story left me gasping for breath? Michael Robotham
`New Zealand's answer to Siobhan Clarke? The Times
`The Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly? Ian Rankin
`New Zealand's modern Queen of Crime? Val McDermid
`Fans of The Dry will love Vanda Symon? Red Magazine
`Chillingly intense with a finely honed sense of place? Craig Robertson
`If you like taut, pacy thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for you? Liam McIlvanney
`Vanda Symon's work resembles Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series she knows how to tell a good story and the NZ setting adds spice? The Times
`Atmospheric, emotional and gripping? Foreword Reviews
`It is Symon's copper Sam, self-deprecating and very human, who represents the writer's real achievement? Guardian
`Fast, furious and intense? Helen Fields
`A plot that grabs the reader's attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesn't let go? Sunday Times
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-916788-22-0 (9781916788220)
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Vanda Symon lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. As well as being a crime writer, she has a PhD in science communication and is a researcher at the Centre for Pacific Health at the University of Otago. Overkill was shortlisted for the 2019 CWA John Creasey Debut Dagger Award and she is a three-time finalist for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for her critically acclaimed Sam Shephard series. Vanda produces and hosts 'Write On', a monthly radio show focusing on the world of books at Otago Access Radio. When she isn't working or writing, Vanda can be found in the garden, or on the business end of a fencing foil.