{"product_id":"paper-cage","title":"Paper Cage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e**Shortlisted for Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023**\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*Shortlisted for The Ned Kelly Awards 2023*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterton, New Zealand may be a small town, but its residents are certainly not united. Old resentments and the simmering tensions of race and culture divide the Maori and white inhabitants, with everyone keeping to their own patch of turf. But when local children start to go missing, vanishing between the cracks, accusations are hurled, and community relations reach boiling point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaught in the middle is Lorraine Henry. She works as a lowly records clerk at the police station amongst towering piles of paperwork, quietly making connections and remembering things that the cops would rather not. Solving cases is not part of her job, but when her great-nephew is the next to disappear, she must put her skills to the test as she is called in to help, all before time runs out for the children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBoth a nail-biting thriller and a beautifully written, acutely observed portrait of a community in crisis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePaper Cage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is the award-winning debut from young New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An astonishing debut [with] a wonderfully flawed central character . . . Such a standout novel' James Oswald author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAll That Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This literary thriller heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in New Zealand storytelling' Fiona Sussman, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Doctor's Wife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Tom Baragwanath has mastered the craft of literary crime' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47509515206950,"sku":"978-1399808118","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/9b4b2b5c-5856-41c0-8261-b23c122fcfac.jpg?v=1705512807","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/paper-cage","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}