Author(s): Graeme Lay

Fiction

Here's a suspense novel that's right up to the minute. News headlines and stories only too often have suggested aspects of the plot - corruption and power-plays in an idyllic Pacific Island. It's a gripping story of how New Zealand photo-journalist Max Davidson joins forces with a fearless island newspaper editor to investigate a possible aid scam, leading on to corruption in high places. A fast-moving mystery, it also gives startling insights into aspects of the contemporary South Pacific. Graeme Lay has a love affair with the Pacific but this doesn't stop him from looking steadily at some of the snakes in his particular Garden of Eden. He has written many well-received books about Pacific Island life, but this is his first novel set there. And no, it's nothing to do with the American TV series.