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When Detective Sergeant Tony Martin suspects his boss, Rob Dean, of tampering with evidence connected to a guard's murder at the Port of Auckland, he has no idea the homicide is linked to a trafficking ring smuggling migrants into New Zealand. Soon after the Port killing, a neighbour discovers Tony lying in a pool of blood in his backyard. Summer, Tony's wife, refuses to accept the police report that her husband's assailant was a passing opportunist and carries out her own investigations. She soon becomes suspicious of Rob Dean, believing he is involved in organised crime and had possibly arranged her husband's assassination. Summer's experience as a crime reporter and police media advisor, plus her determination to solve her husband's death, brings her in close union with Tony's friend and colleague, Detective Sergeant Mick Randall. But is Mick a friend or foe? The deepening relationship between them is about to make or break Summer.Can a Bed and Breakfast in St Heliers Bay save the day?

Amber Raymond locks the door of the city medical clinic and sets off for a late-night shopping spree. Hurrying to catch the last ferry home to Gulf Harbour, she is accosted by a stranger in a dark and empty street. This ignites a full-blown investigation into organised corporate crime at her husband Kyle's factory that exposes its workers to a life-threatening product and dumps toxic waste. When Private Investigator Ann Grieves takes on the case, she expects it to be a walk in the park, but to her later dismay, it turns out to be a full-blown attempted murder enquiry.

After retiring as a Detective Inspector, Ann Grieves enjoys her cottage by the sea. When she isn't sleuthing unfaithful spouses and small-time crooks, she enjoys a laid-back life walking the promenade with Scout, her ex-police Beagle dog or making preserves for the oldies in her street. Until a body turns up in her friend's band room.

When Louis holds his first garden party, he discovers whom his real friends are after they decide not to come because they don't get along with each other. When they spy the delicious food his mother has prepared for them, they all change their minds about attending. Louis is kind and forgiving, and allows them to join to him in having fun. They arrive in their best clothes ready to dance

Jessie Lee, a young New Zealand vet leaves the city to join her friend, Hope Rigby in the alpine rural village of Glenorchy. When she takes up her new post as a remote on-call vet, she encounters animosity and prejudice from male farmers who have lived in the area all their lives. They resent having a female vet take over when their long-standing vet, Max retires.Will Jessie's determination as well as her faith win through? Can she gain the respect of the bullying farmers? She has caught the eye of an admirer- someone who could possibly make all her dreams come true. Will the hard trials she endures make or break this budding relationship?

A heart-warming story that will inspire youUNSHAKABLE COURAGE-does Ruby have it?Ruby Preston is about to face the perils of an overland journey to Thailand from Australia. She has agreed to help out in her parent's charity, a child trafficking rescue mission in Bangkok. But will she be able to cope with the dangers of working with sex-trade victims?The evil exploitation of children has left her reeling. How could she survive this as well as the dance of emotional intimacy between the charming Julian and herself? Will the horrors they experience drive them together or rip them apart? Ruby is about to be tested- more than she could possibly imagine