{"product_id":"9781917764100-reaper","title":"Reaper","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe twisty, dark new thriller from the new Queen of New Zealand Crime…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomeless on Auckland's streets, Max Grimes fights to survive when someone starts killing the city's forgotten. Pulled into a dark past, he must stop the killer – or be next. The gripping second instalment in a breathtaking series, from New Zealand's queen of crime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomeless on Auckland’s streets, Max Grimes fights to survive when someone starts killing the city’s forgotten. Pulled into a dark past, he must stop the killer or be next. The gripping second instalment in a breathtaking series, from New Zealand’s queen of crime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Brutal, raw and utterly realistic’ \u003cb\u003eTrevor Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Pacy, twisty, relentlessly unpredictable journey through the dark side of New Zealand’s biggest city, where a man battling his own demons must confront a far deadlier one working in the shadows’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Absorbing and addictive. Once you’ve started you won’t be able to put it down until the end. A truly gripping thriller’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe City looks away … but someone is watching…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA killer is hunting Auckland’s homeless. No one cares. No one but Max. These are his people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Grimes is homeless, living on the streets of Auckland, among the forgotten, the invisible. But now someone is hunting the homeless, killing them one by one. No one cares. Except Max.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrying to put his shattered life back together, Max is pulled into a deadly game when a face from his past reappears, reopening wounds he thought were long buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs whispers of a Grim Reaper spread terror through the city, Max must race against time, not only to find the killer, but to outrun the ghosts chasing him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause if he fails, he’ll be next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Vanda Symon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The setting is vivid in these dark but hopeful crime thrillers. It took three years for Max to return but it was worth the wait … this is socially aware fiction with gripping storytelling. Superb’ \u003cb\u003ePaul Burke, CrimeTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Tauter and tougher than Symon’s delightful Dunedin procedurals … superb’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Completely gripping … a poignant study of how our society shapes unlikely saints and monsters’ \u003cb\u003eEve Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘From the opening pages, this story left me gasping for breath’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Robotham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘New Zealand’s modern Queen of Crime’ \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A one-sitting read’ \u003cb\u003eAnn Cleeves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fast, furious and intense’ \u003cb\u003eHelen Fields\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Astonishingly good … compelling, horrifying, intriguing and entertaining. One of the best thrillers I’ve read this year’ \u003cb\u003eLiz Nugent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Edgy, thrilling and terrifyingly realistic’ \u003cb\u003eLisa Hall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Atmospheric, emotional and gripping’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Dry\u003c\/i\u003e will love Vanda Symon’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRed Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘If you like taut, pacey thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for you’ \u003cb\u003eLiam McIlvanney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A portrait of the underbelly of society, this is a deeply involving novel and a damn good thriller’ \u003cb\u003ePaul Burke, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNB Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fast-moving New Zealand procedural . the Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly’ \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa reading’ \u003cb\u003eKate Mosse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A plot that grabs the reader’s attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesn’t let go’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Reads like the polished effort of a genre veteran. More, please’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57416983118198,"sku":"9781917764100","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40257841.jpg?v=1773233873","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781917764100-reaper","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}