Thinking about a thing won’t change it, but action will, so crack on, fix whatever it is needs fixing. – Rita Vegas

Rita Vegas

In this engrossing novel, Patricia Donovan weaves together two crime stories to explore memory and the stickiness of emotional triggers, and how necessity drives us to find strengths we didn’t know we had.

Read the first pages here

‘A page-turning novel … elegantly written, full of intrigue.’ – NZ Herald.

‘A killer novel’ – Kathryn Ryan, Radio NZ. You can listen here to Kathryn’s conversation with the author.

‘Donovan knows how to write a tense novel, and in Rita Vegas she has constructed a thought-provoking thriller’ – NZ Booklovers.

‘The book will fly off the shelves.’ – Coast Access Radio.

‘A page-turning novel … full of intrigue.’ – Verve Magazine.

‘Thought provoking … a gripping read.’ – MORE FM. Listen here.

‘Donovan delivers an edgy, intriguing crime story.’ – Jan Jordan.

‘Rita Vegas swaps Wellington’s mean streets for a Cambodian rehab, but the bodies keep piling up. In this taut, elegant thriller, Donovan keeps us endlessly entertained.’ – Redmer Yska.