Hooked Up

The unforgettable detective duo from The Doctor's Wife are back, and this time the stakes are even higher.

When DS Ramesh Bandara is asked to head up a homicide investigation in a small New Zealand beachside town, he has no idea he's stumbled onto something much bigger. With little to go on, the investigation is frustratingly slow to get off the ground, but it's Bandara's unconventional colleague, Hilary Stark, who spots similarities with a murder case she worked years before. Overnight, their suspect list expands to include the cast and crew from a controversial reality TV show, Hooked Up, that screened a decade earlier.

Someone, it appears, has been holding onto a grudge for a very long time. But is Hilary's hunch really on the money? This is New Zealand, after all …

©2025 Fiona Sussman (P)2026 Ulverscroft Ltd

Worst narrator

I couldn’t stand listening to the reality show part of the story. The narrator who was already not great, was EXCEPTIONALLY HORRIFIC during that part of the book. I am so angry I used a credit for this mess. I’m asking for it back, sadly they can’t give me back my time. I’m NEVER going to get a book he narrates again!!!