Wetlands and Woes

By: Swan, Casey

Penny makes the momentous decision to return to New Zealand, working part-time for the defence force and freelance for the Whangarei Chronicle. She arrives in Ahipara to find that a postgraduate trainee at the Kaitaia library has gone missing, and assembles her team to find out why

When Hansel Becker turns up dead in a Sweetwater wetlands, Esther tells her that he was researching an old land dispute in the historical section of the library in his spare time.

A tale of three murders over more than a century leads to an illegal gold rush in swamp kauri, and then it gets worse. Penny's team uncovers a case of identity theft, and an international smuggling ring that will stop at nothing.

GOODREADS rating 4.38 from 8 reviews.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GRCNTCT2
• ISBN13: 9798233975813
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Warwick Gibson
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"