{"product_id":"craig-cove","title":"Craig Cove","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn Ambrym, the volcano is waking — and so is a killer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant George Long and Constable Jayline Oli arrive in Craig Cove during an island-wide evacuation, tasked with finding Isabelle Morris, the widow of a Ni-Vanuatu worker killed in Australia. But as Benbow volcano rumbles and villages empty, their mission is derailed by the discovery of a body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDutch volcanologist Helmut Klein has been found strangled near a remote monitoring site. He was part of an international scientific team using new technology to predict the eruption — a team riddled with rivalry, jealousy and secrets. Yet on Ambrym, science is not the only way to understand a volcano. Kastom, nakaemas and old grievances run deep, and George soon finds that every explanation comes with its own danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped on a near-deserted island with six suspects, no forensic support, and the last evacuation flight fast approaching, George and Jayline must solve a murder before Benbow erupts — and the truth disappears beneath ash and fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIfira Point, the first book in the award-winning Murder in the Pacific series, won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An island is being evacuated. A killer is staying behind.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘… a tour de force both in its vivid descriptions of warts-and-all Vanuatu and its ability to suck the reader into the frustrating investigation of its likeable detective. A thoroughly enjoyable read.’ – Colin Cotterill, best-selling crime fiction author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I was hooked from the beginning ... It’s easy to imagine this adapted for TV.'\u003cbr\u003eRowan MacDonald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I was really intrigued because the place setting is an integral “character” of the book’. – Emily Webb, best-selling author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Sky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46035227082943,"sku":"9781923720398","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/450216-a4fa616ed42caa634449aa943746af06117f9b4cd724e8e7992a69dec35db3dc.jpg?v=1787006564","url":"https:\/\/popweasel.co.nz\/products\/craig-cove","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}