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2000s: Detective Buchanan remembers every victim. But this one he can’t forget.
2000s: Detective Buchanan remembers every victim. But this one he can’t forget.
The body of a woman has been found on a pristine New Zealand beach – over a decade after she was murdered.
Detective Matt Buchanan of the Auckland Police is certain it carries all the hallmarks of an unsolved crime he investigated 12 years ago: when Samantha Coates walked out one day and never came home.
Re-opening the case, Buchanan begins to piece the terrible crimes together, setting into motion a chain of events that will force him to the darkest corners of society – and back into his deepest obsession…
The book follows Detective Matt Buchanan and his career spanning more than a twenty years in the Orewa district of New Zealand. This is not your normal police career however: child sexual abuse, murder, rape, making porn and snuff films to mention but a few things . The author writes what he knows – he’s known of similar horrors as he also worked as a detective in the NZ Criminal Investigation Branch.
A strong sense of the New Zealand setting comes through, which makes this both unique and compelling for readers not in that country. You get a good picture of the NZ justice system and the way victims are dealt with and what happens after a case.You get a very real insight into the stresses that come with criminal investigations and affect all involved long after the actual crime has been committed.
Destination/location: Auckland Author/Guide: Nathan Blackwell Departure Time: 2000s
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