The Water's Dead

The chin tattoo confirms the victim is Maori. The whorls of ink from her lower lip to her chinthe moko, is worn only by Maori women. So, her ethnicity is a given. Finding who murdered Huia Coburn, and dumped her body in the volcanic rock pool at the base of Masons Rock waterfall has now fallen to DI Nyree Bradshaw. Nyree failed as a mother, struggles with relationships, but thrives as one of New Zealands top investigators. However, no sooner has she begun pulling in data, rallying the local constabulary, and searching for suspects, she discovers six-year-old diabetic, Lily Holmes is missing, last seen in Huias care. Now, Nyree must put all personal tragedy, and ongoing work disputes aside to find her. She has already failed her own son. She cannot fail this child.