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An interesting debut mystery. Two Māori children have disappeared and the community rightfully don‘t trust the Masterton police to really care. Our protagonist, Lorraine Henry, works in their records office. When her nephew also disappears, she and a visiting detective set out to find them, and who‘s taken them. There are some flaws in the narrative, but the sense of place is fascinating. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

This has so much potential:set in New Zealand,the main character,Lorraine,a non-Māori,is the widow of a Māori man&the filing clerk in the police station.When her niece‘s son is one of the missing children in a series of abductions,Lorraine is personally affected&starts investigating as the police can‘t seem to solve the case.Sadly,it‘s slow &the writing at times clunky.I might pick it up again as I want to know what happened