The Bookshop Detectives by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward. This is fun and really clever – the authors are former UK police officers who moved to Havelock North and opened a bookshop (Sherlock Tomes). The lead characters have a similar background and their names are a play on Gareth and Louise. They get caught up in a decade long murder mystery which happened in the Hawkes Bay town and which – of course – they try to solve.

The Survivors by Steve Braunias. Steve Braunias is one of our finest writers and his crime related storytelling is incredibly empathetic and insightful. This is twelve stories of crime, disappearance, mystery and intrigue all centred around the very human lives of the people involved. It’s the 3rd (and final) book in a series which he has written along these lines. The others are The Scene of the Crime and Missing Persons.

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New data shows that travellers may have swung back to preferring hotels over Airbnbs.

Originally marketed as the cheaper alternative for thrifty tourists, more people have turned away from Airbnbs - citing safety risks, uncertainty and exorbitant cleaning fees.

BloggerAtLarge's Megan Singleton explains why the mood among travellers has taken a turn.

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This week on the Sunday Panel, NZ Herald Senior Writer Simon Wilson and Capital Director Ben Thomas joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

A Royal Commission of Inquiry has found about 200,000 people suffered in state and faith based institutions from 1950 to 2019. There's growing calls for compensation for victims - is this the way to go? Does the Government need time to craft the perfect response?

The Green Party has decided to wait another month to decide what to do with Darleen Tana, with a meeting set for September 1. Do they need to act quicker?

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