Frank Carlson Library

"A tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a secret room and a puzzling inward-curving inscription. Delving into the investigation after a second, apparently unrelated, death, she uncovers a chilling connection to a historic crime: 160 years before, during the brutal...

Eighteen-year-old New Zealand boarding school student Ellie Spencer must use her rusty tae kwon do skills and new-found magic to try to stop a fairy-like race of creatures from Maori myth and legend that is plotting to kill millions of humans in order to regain their lost immortality.

A Maori boy in 1803 and a plane crash survivor marooned on a deserted island in 2003 experience interconnecting visions.

A young girl's unusual friendship with an old woman outcast from society changes an entire community. As a rural town excitedly prepares for a visit from the Queen, the townspeople pressure Hira, to sell her shack that has long been an embarassment.

"Can you feel it coming? Little Kiwi knows the Māori New Year is almost here. But will she wake up all her friends in time for them to celebrate together?"--Page 4 of cover.