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The Jaded Widow: The Revenge of the Queen of the Auckland Underworld
The final episode of The Jaded Kiwi Trilogy is an interwoven twisted tale of spying, policing, art curating, and the marijuana growing underworld, all set in an authentic mid-1970’s backdrop. Prepare for high tension, breathless action, and to truly root for the good guys (and even the not-so-good guys). Barbara Turner in The Jaded Widow, is New Zealand’s most diabolical villain ever created as she plots her revenge on the Chinese sinsemilla growing family who killed her husband. Alexander Newman, art curator and part time spy, infiltrates a massive pot network under the guise of promoting his Maori art exhibition. Caught cheating with a lusty librarian, Alexander promises to investigate a massage parlor for Dr Mel Johnson whom he is in love with.Meanwhile, Inspector Grimble closes in on Barbara Turner’s schemes, the Chinese harvested crop and Wiremu Wilson’s large marijuana network.Alexander has to decide how far he will go to expose the massage parlor, reclaim the heart of Dr. Mel and come face to face with the dangerous Barbara Turner and her psychotic brother. Prepare for a manic climax.
220 pages, Paperback
Published November 7, 2020
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About the author
Nick Spill
14 books12 followersNick Spill lived in New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked for the Ministry of Internal Affairs as an exhibitions curator at the National Art Gallery and as a contractor. He organized a number of exhibitions including the first traveling exhibition of Contemporary Maori Artists.
Nick Spill now lives in South Florida where he is Chief Investigator of a State Agency. He has published “The Way of the Bodyguard – knowledge not gossip” about his experiences as a bodyguard and edited and released “Reluctant Q,” the story of his father, George Spill, who survived the jungles of Burma in World War II. He also contributed to the best selling NZ compilation, “Grumpy Old Men 2” published by Paul Little Books.
His new novel THE JADED KIWI is a dark thriller set in 1976 New Zealand. More information about THE JADED KIWI here.
Nick Spill now lives in South Florida where he is Chief Investigator of a State Agency. He has published “The Way of the Bodyguard – knowledge not gossip” about his experiences as a bodyguard and edited and released “Reluctant Q,” the story of his father, George Spill, who survived the jungles of Burma in World War II. He also contributed to the best selling NZ compilation, “Grumpy Old Men 2” published by Paul Little Books.
His new novel THE JADED KIWI is a dark thriller set in 1976 New Zealand. More information about THE JADED KIWI here.
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