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Brokenwood Mysteries volume 4
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English
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During a hunting trip, three friends set off in pursuit of a kill, but one of them ends up with a bullet in the head. Who fired the fatal shot? Or was there a fourth shooter? Although Shepherd and Sims find out the deceased's fiancée had been having a fling with his best man, one of her older relationships may hold the key to the killing.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
Four of the five committee members of Brokenwood Golf Club start on their regular morning round only to find the horribly disfigured body of the fifth, in a bunker near the first green. Suspicion falls on the so-called Clubhouse Bandit, who has been stealing trophies from the club and is dating the dead woman's daughter. The detectives discover that the deceased inspired loyalty and loathing in equal measure.
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Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 1
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English
Description
When the body of a local farmer is fished out of the river, Shepherd wonders if it was suicide, accidental death, or something more sinister. The man was a well-known drunk with a reputation for violence, and many in town might have a motive to do him harm. However, the inspector starts to believe the answer to the case may lie in an unsolved 10-year-old murder.
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Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 2
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English
Description
The morning after choosing the winner of the annual Brokenwood wine show, a guest judge is found dead in one of the loser's vats of fermenting Pinot noir. The vintner in question is more concerned with another "crime"-the tampering with her wine before the show. Shepherd and Sims suspect the same criminal was responsible for both offenses.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Jared discovers a severed human hand in a crayfish pot on Brokenwood Beach, Shepherd, Sims, and Breen set about finding who the hand belongs to and if he or she is still alive. Suspicion falls on the Keelys, who own the crayfish pot and fiercely protect their family's fishing legacy and territories.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Jared lands the title role in the Brokenwood Theatre Society's production of Hamlet, but a young cast member, Ben Faulkner, falls dead at the end of a performance. At first, the detectives think Ben died of natural causes, until Shepherd smells a lethal poison on the body. Then he and Sims dig deeper into the lives of the eccentric cast and crew.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
When DC Breen and his rugby team show up for practice, they are shocked to see their coach dead, stripped, and tied to a goalpost. Shepherd and Sims try to find out who would want to do that to a beloved pillar of the community. When a second body is found, the detectives believe the deaths are related. Could a serial killer be on the loose?
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
Shepherd and Jared attend a country concert by Shepherd's favorite musician, Holly Collins, at which she announces that it will be her final show. When she is found the next morning electrocuted in her hotel bathtub, it appears to be a suicide-or perhaps a drunken accident. But Shepherd believes the cause of death to be more sinister, with only Holly's dysfunctional band members and a note written in lipstick on the bathroom mirror as clues.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 3
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English
Description
On the morning of Brokenwood's annual classic-car show, the chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society is found dead with a lungful of gasoline next to his beloved El Dorado. Shepherd and Sims try to determine if it was a petrol-siphoning accident or something more deliberate.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas in Brokenwood, but not all is merry and bright. When the mayor is murdered in his home after the annual holiday parade, Shepherd, Sims, and Breen question those locals vying for the mayoral position. But when more bodies turn up, the detectives believe there's a darker motive at work.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
When the wife of a tourist-trap owner is discovered dead, the other local tourism operators are not particularly sad about her demise. The medical examiner traces her cause of death to New Zealand's only native venomous spider-the katipo. But how could one spider administer 10 times the lethal dose?
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Brokenwood mourns when a beloved local poet, Declan O'Grady, passes away from cancer. But the town gets a shock when the coffin accidentally falls from the hearse, revealing that the corpse inside is not Declan but rather a young woman identifiable only by a scarlet tattoo.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
Shepherd and his team investigate the death of a farmer found tied up in his field like a scarecrow. Was his murder the result of a feud with neighbors, or something to do with his identical twin brother?
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
A wealthy man is found face down in his pool, stabbed in the back with a samurai sword, with a threatening note left at the scene. A police dog leads Shepherd and Sims to Sunset Manor, a home for the elderly with dementia.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
At a birthday picnic for Shepherd, the team witnesses a skydiver fall to his death. Even worse, the victim turns out to be Sims's ex-boyfriend. When it appears his parachute was tampered with, suspicion falls on the family members who jumped with him.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
The owner of a Victorian historic village is shot in the head with an arrow. A stickler for rules and routine, the victim lived her life as if she were in 1861. When Shepherd is injured during the investigation, Sims takes over the case.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
The owner of the Wilbury Amusement Park dies from a heart attack after claiming to have seen a ghost on the haunted-house ride. Shepherd suspects foul play when he finds what appear to be bite marks on the victim's neck.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
When a middle-aged man dies of a heart attack while cycling up a mountain, his demise is thought to be from natural causes. But when Shepherd connects the death to another case involving an angry bull, the detectives suspect a killer is targeting the beneficiaries of a will.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
The morning after her bachelorette party, a professional tennis player is found in the river wearing a wedding dress. Mike interviews the party attendees, while Sims informs the groom-to-be and his best man, but their stories don't add up.
Author
Series
Brokenwood Mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
A disgraced doctor is found hooked up to an electroconvulsive therapy machine in an abandoned asylum that lacks electricity. While Sims and Breen interview the deceased's former patients, Shepherd tries to get through to the only witness to the crime: a disturbed woman who believes she is a mouse.
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