The Mystery of the Missing Ministers

The first in a series of mysteries set in Wellington, Aotearoa.
Two ministers of government go missing, presumed kidnapped. It has the country in uproar.
Eryn, a philosophy major, who works as an assistant for Josie, a baker in a wheel chair, then finds herself recruited by Josie's husband Piper, as a junior private investigator in his agency, to help find the ministers.
The story is told in the first person by Eryn, who must learn the new job, avoid the police, who are not keen on amateurs on the case, and compete with more experienced sleuths.
Yet, as she discovers the reason behind the kidnaps, Eryn begins to wonder where her sympathies lie. For the story is not about who did it, but about why.
Government ministers, after all, are responsible for decisions that affect many people, especially where it concerns warfare and violence.
The puzzle becomes more complex when more members of government go missing and the kidnappers begin flaunting photos of Wellington landmarks on the internet, which turn out to be clues for discovering the locations in which the ministers are released. It becomes a race against time to find the ministers and bring them to safety.
The book ends with the retrieval of all five ministers, but many more questions about the kidnappers, who have vanished.
Subsequent titles in this series will see the kidnappers return. Each book deals with an ethical dilemma and the books together hide an even bigger mystery.

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