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Wendy M. Wilson is a retired English teacher and self-published author who writes historical mystery novels set in New Zealand in the late nineteenth century. She has self-published two books in her series, The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries, and is working on a third book set in the racing world of the nineteenth century.

Verdict: "Wendy M. Wilson scores in this noirish, well-written and researched mystery set in 1868 New Zealand. . . So authentic are her fight scenes that the reader will at times believe she was a soldier of her Majesty's Army circa 1868; Ron Capshaw. IndieReader Approved. New Zealand, 1877. Two young men disappear from a Scandinavian settlement. Their families hire sergeant Frank Hardy, a battle-hardened veteran of Her Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot, to find them, living or dead. When he and a young woman from the settlement are targeted by a ferocious, tattooed killer with a deadly tomahawk he wonders if his presence at a wartime atrocity eight years earlier has resurfaced. Can he find the bodies and stay alive until he does?

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Book Two in The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries Series. New Zealand, 1878: With his new private investigation agency established in Palmerston, Sergeant Frank Hardy is ready to marry, but fiancee Mette Jensen does not want to leave her job at the book shop. When Frank disappears during a case and the man he killed to save her appears at Mette's shop looking for someone to investigate the murder, Frank's partner Constable Karira and Mette must handle the situation while searching for Frank. Meanwhile Frank awakes in a mysterious underground prison and must uncover what he knows or has seen that has lead him to this dank cell. In Book Two of this series Frank learns a lesson about family, and Mette comes into her own.

Kindle Price: $2.99

Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense; History