Caught Between

The body of sixteen-year-old Jasmine Dunn is washed up on a rocky foreshore in Auckland. The next day, her mother's body is found on a deserted beach.

Tova Tan lives downstairs from the Dunns and was seen arguing with Jasmine. Known to the police following the high-profile death of her mother a year ago, Tova becomes their main suspect. Then the investigating officer uncovers a motive that puts her father and her half-brother under suspicion too.

Her loyalty to her half-brother drags her deep into his seedy lifestyle. Only one officer seems to have his doubts about her guilt. But can she trust Constable Finn McIntosh?

Searching for the truth, Tova finds herself caught in a  dangerous and illicit world where she will have to fight for her very survival.

Such Good Mates

YA fiction - crime

Impact

YA fiction - crime

A Few Minutes

YA - high interest/low reading level - aimed at emerging teenage readers (12-14)

Being Theo

YA - high interest/low reading age - aimed at emerging teenage readers ( 12-14 years)

Uncovered

A skeleton is unearthed in a suburban backyard. A woman disappears. A teenager is abandoned.

These events change the trajectory of Tova Tan's life, which she is slowly rebuilding after her involvement in a traumatic kidnapping. Reluctantly, she agrees to look after the teenager until the girl's mother can be located.

Hours turn into days. When a link is made between the missing woman and the body in the garden, Tova is drawn into the murder investigation. Once again she comes into contact with Detective Finn McIntosh, a man she thought she would not see again.