Hunting Blind

"Paddy Richardson blends social comment and history in her well-written novel. Although she's an award-winning writer of crime fiction, Dunedin's Paddy Richardson seems to have flown a little under the radar so far."NZ Herald Minna picks up the rug and shakes it out. 'Where's Gemma?' she says. A perfect Wanaka day. The lake, the mountains, the sun. Yet amidst all the fun and frolic of school picnic day, a little girl goes missing. The community and local police search as the night draws in. Could she have slipped into the lake? A child could be lost in there forever. Years later, her sister Stephanie, now a psychiatrist, listens as a young woman discloses a devastating memory. Devastating, because of the loss which haunts her but, devastating also because it mirrors Stephanie's own loss. Stephanie can no longer deny her own hurt, her own questions. What happened to her little sister?