Prey

Fresh from maternity leave, Dunedin detective Sam Shephard investigates the unsolved murder of a highly esteemed church minister … with potentially deadly consequences. Queen of New Zealand Crime, Vanda Symon, returns with a shocking, twisty new Sam Shephard thriller…
 
'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
 
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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