Bøker av Carne Maxwell

Read as a stand-alone and then go back to where it all began. A stalker that will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Sometimes, lying is easier than telling the truth, but it can lead down a dangerous road. Terrance Tiller is on a quest to prove Mark Wentworth's innocence. He thinks he knows who framed Mark for the abduction of Mikey Booth. Terrance believes he's found evidence that will force Detective Sergeant Wood to re-open the case. Unfortunately, what Terrance doesn't know while he watches Mary and Peter is that someone is watching him. Lurking in the shadows is a stranger waiting for an opportune time to strike. When he does, Terrance wishes he'd let the police do their job. Instead, his obsession with clearing an innocent man suddenly turns into the fight of his life. When faced with an impossible choice, and with time against him, Terrance realises he could lose everything.

Martin Fallaway is dying. With no family to whom he can leavehis surplus fortune, he holds a contest on his tropical island, where ten families compete to be the last team left in order toclaim the prize of thirty million dollars.Arriving on the island, the contestants' need for shelter isparamount, but the warm, sunny days, powder-white sandand crystal clear waters cloak their perspectives. Whena storm hits, causing the first departure, the remainingcontestants realize their time on the island might not beas idyllic as they first thought.As the days tick slowly by, hidden dangers begin to manifestthemselves; insecurities creep in, personalities change, inquisitive minds take over and secrets become lies. Recklessdecisions made change their lives forever and when theunthinkable happens and their very existence is threatened, the island becomes their darkest nightmare.With time running out and the remaining contestants' trust inone another challenged, can they bury their consciences andrisk everything, or will the emotional sacrifice be too great?

Going back is never easy. But sometimes you have to go back to move forward.It has been nine years since the contest, but for some of the contestants it feels like yesterday. When they all receive an invitation to return to the island of Samimoto, some say a return would be too painful, while others see going back as a necessary cleansing to help them move on with their lives.Will going back be a time to relax and bring redemption for those still seeking it? Or will it unlock the secrets and lies that have been buried to protect those still living? These are secrets and lies that, if revealed, could turn their lives upside down and tear their worlds apart.When an abduction takes place back in New Zealand, suspicions grow and point to one person, but all is not what it seems. Detective Sergeant Wood and Constable Banks are brought in to solve the case, but as they learn more about the contestants, a tangled web of untruths and deceit hinders their investigation, making them question their every move.

Nineteen-year-old Melissa and her three friends, Katrina, Belinda and Alison, take up an offer of work for the Christmas holidays on Melissa's uncle's tomato farm on Waiheke Island. The girls can't wait to swap their university days for the carefree life, summer provides. However, Melissa hasn't seen her uncle and her two cousins, Seth and Tyler, for eight years, and when she arrives at their home, her life becomes more complicated than she could ever have imagined.Katrina, Belinda and Alison find Seth and Tyler promising attractions, and feeling sorry for their friend, push Melissa into the hands of a handsome stranger. When Melissa finds herself compromised, she does the only thing she can think of: she tells one little lie. Melissa's deception turns her holiday upside down. When one of her friends goes missing, and the police start their investigation, Melissa finds that her lie starts to unearth secrets buried for years. Secrets, which send Melissa, her family and her friends down a path of violent clashes of the past, the present and ultimately the future.