Strays and Waifs (A Chasing Ghosts Mystery)

Author(s): Mandy Hager

Crime and Thriller

Cli-fi writer and climate activist Bella Goodfellow
wants to save the world, but how can she do that
when she can’t even save herself?


Forced from her hideaway after a landslide swallows it whole, she
finds temporary accommodation with her publisher’s
elderly aunt on the Kāpiti Coast. But lilac-eyed
Freyja is not what she seems, and soon Bella’s flung
into a crazy scheme to expose a murderer and rescue
a child. There’s just one problem – before they can
act Bella must believe what Freyja is telling her …
and reopen her heart to her painful past.


An Aotearoa crime thriller by a master storyteller.


Product Information

Mandy Hager is a multi-award-winning writer of fiction for adults and young adults. In 2019 she was awarded the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, for life-time achievement and a distinguished contribution to New Zealand's literature for young people. Her historical novel for adults Heloise was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

General Fields

  • : 9781988595818
  • : Cuba Press Limited, The
  • : Ahoy!
  • : 18 July 2024
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Mandy Hager
  • : Paperback
  • : 250