“Dunedin’s favourite young police officer Sam Shephard is drawn into a perplexing investigation when a series of shipping containers wash up on a sleepy New Zealand beach, and a spate of unexplained deaths ensues…” Sounds intriguing, doesn’t it? Containment is the latest in Vanda Symon’s acclaimed Sam Shephard series.
About Containment
Chaos reigns in the sleepy village of Aramoana on the New Zealand coast, when a series of shipping containers wash up on the beach and looting begins.
Detective Constable Sam Shephard experiences the desperation of the scavengers first-hand, and ends up in an ambulance, nursing her wounds and puzzling over an assault that left her assailant for dead. What appears to be a clear-cut case of a cargo ship running aground soon takes a more sinister turn when a skull is found in the sand, and the body of a diver is pulled from the sea . . . a diver who didn’t die of drowning.
As first officer at the scene, Sam is handed the case, much to the displeasure of her superiors, and she must put together an increasingly confusing series of clues to get to the bottom of a mystery that may still have more victims.
Praise for Vanda Symon & the Sam Shephard series
‘Vanda Symon’s fast-paced crime novels are as good as anything the US has to offer – a sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa reading’ — Kate Mosse
‘Symon’s talent for creating well-rounded characters permeates throughout’ — Crimewatch
‘A plot that grabs the reader’s attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesn’t let go’ — Sunday Times Crime Club
‘Powerful, coolly assured, and an absolute belter of a read’ — Liz Robinson, LoveReading
‘It is Symon’s copper Sam, self-deprecating and very human, who represents the writer’s real achievement’ — Barry Forshaw, The Guardian
‘This one’s a cracker’ — Liam McIlvanney
‘Reads like the polished effort of a genre veteran. More, please’ — David Pitt, Booklist
About Vanda Symon
Vanda Symon is a crime writer, TV presenter and radio host from Dunedin, New Zealand, and the chair of the Otago Southland branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors. The Sam Shephard series has climbed to number one on the New Zealand bestseller list, and also been shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award for best crime novel. She currently lives in Dunedin, with her husband and two sons.
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This is my last Orenda books giveaway for the month. But if you’re interested in reading more about their other crime thrillers, check out the posts for Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz and Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadrigg. If you look closely, you’ll notice that all three of these books were written by women and feature strong female protagonists. Love that!
Thank you so much. I’m having trouble with Twitter, and sharing blog tour posts or RTing, sorry xx
That’s okay. I hope you get things smoothed out with Twitter. It must be frustrating!