Bücher veröffentlicht von Wendy M. Wilson

After leaving England under a cloud, James Hardy, one-time coachman at a stately home, starts a new life in New Zealand with a woman he met on board ship on the way to New Zealand. After an adventure with his son, Sergeant Frank Hardy, he finds himself in the beautiful town of Napier, on the east coast of New Zealand. Soon after, with the town under the false impression that he is a retired Scotland Yard detective, James Hardy begins to assist the police with unusual cases with help from a young constable recently arrived from Ireland, Constable Patrick Foster.Book One: Death in the BushBook Two: Death in the MarshBook Three: Death of the Walk

He's all that's standing between his family and a hired assassin. And he's unarmed.After Sergeant Frank Hardy watches the invasion of a peaceful M¿ori village by the Armed Constabulary, with crops destroyed and innocent men imprisoned, he lays down his rifle and swears never to shoot in anger again. Then he learns that a contract killer has come from America to avenge the death of a crooked detective from San Francisco. The killer is targeting the Hardy family. Can Frank save his wife and children without bloodshed?This eighth book in The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries hits all the high points of the previous seven: A showdown in the dangerous Manawatu Gorge; a kidnapping or two; murders, some new and some returning characters, including a giant M¿ori warrior and a mysterious major; and a battle on home ground.

A body caught in a boat wreck. A young constable acting strangely. A young woman determined that her Patrick has been replaced. An international conspiracy tied to Ireland. And a new task for Mr. Hardy: to find who killed the man on the sandbar, and how it connects to Constable Foster and his family. When a strangled body caught in a wreck that has floated onto a sandbar turns out to be an Irishman from Constable Foster's home town, James Hardy is asked to investigate the murder. But the young constable has disappeared, and his romantic partner Aroha believes another man has been sent to replace him. An Irish gang has arrives in New Zealand to wreak havoc in the name of the cause of the Irish Brotherhood. But what do they intend to do, and how does their plot connect to the body found on the sandbar? Mr. Hardy is going to discover the truth.

In 1866, a brutal gang of ex-convicts from Australia left a trail of death, thievery and larceny across the goldfields of New Zealand. In the goldmining town of Greymouth, Inspector William Henry James, in charge of the police camp, attempted to prevent the gang from taking root in his town. Too late he discovered that a missing surveyor may have been the first victim of the gang. After James forced them to leave town, the Burgess/Kelly gang went on to rob and murder five men transporting gold to Nelson in the colony's most horrendous mass murder. The press was merciless. Why didn't he stop the gang when he had the chance?Years later, forced into retirement after government cuts combined two districts, Inspector James reflects on his biggest case, and how he fought to bring those responsible to justice. His own life has been a mixture of success and tragedy, from his days in the goldfields of Victoria, his time leading the gold escort from Christchurch to the West Coast and his gradual advancement on the force, to the personal tragedies that amplify the awful discovery of the young surveyor's body. But as he faces retirement without his promised pension, he delays thinking about his difficult future and reconsiders the worst crime he encountered in his career, and the failures he has lived with for 22 years.