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Sergeant Kelly's Quest

SEQUEL* A routine visit by Armed Constabulary Sergeant Patrick Kelly to the rugged Great Barrier Island turns into investigating a shipwreck and a brush with pirates. Later, while investigating a murder in the Northern gumfields, Kelly finds himself alone and facing the murderer who tries to hunt him down and kill him.

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After surviving an assassination in Sydney, HRH Prince Alfred, with pet baby elephant, Tom, in tow, arrives in New Zealand in 1870. The authorities are on high alert as there are Fenian troubles in the goldfields. Aging Armed Constabulary Sergeant Patrick Kelly, who is out of favour with his superiors, is told his job is to protect the baby elephant. But when the Fenians come calling Kelly finds he is in the thick of the action, and there is a target on his back too.

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A Word from the Author

Terry Carson gave up a legal career to write and finds his former career melds nicely with his interest in history - and historical crime in particular. After non-fiction writing about old courthouse buildings, New Zealand’s most sensational early multiple murders (The Axeman’s Accomplice), and many articles for historical magazines, he is now concentrating on writing fiction set in nineteenth century New Zealand. When not engaged in writing, he enjoys e-biking in the nearby South Auckland countryside.