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Member Since: Jan. 26, 2013

Trish McCormack

Biography

Wellington archivist and former journalist Trish McCormack grew up in Franz Josef. Her Philippa Barnes crime novels, including Ngaio Marsh Awards nominated Cold Hard Murder, are set in South Island national parks. Her book Jack's Journey is based on the letters of a great uncle killed in the First World War. Girl of the Mountains is Trish's fourth novel.

Series

Philippa Barnes glacier mysteries by Trish McCormack

Assigned to Murder

Price: $2.99 USD.

Glacier Murder

Price: $2.99 USD.

Cold Hard Murder (Philippa Barnes mysteries 3)

Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

Girl of the Mountains by Trish McCormack

Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 82,050. Language: English. Published: April 2, 2024 by Trish McCormack. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical

1946: Stella loves her hard-won job as mountain guide at the Hermitage Mt Cook. But she, her mentor Philip and troubled returned soldier Jim are powerless to prevent a tragedy which will shatter thier lives. Journalist Kath disappears in 2019 leaving daughters Robin and Helen with some old mountaineering photographs which will lead them to Stella's story and the lie at the heart of their family.

Philippa Barnes Mysteries Books 1 - 3 by Trish McCormack

Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 249,930. Language: English. Published: April 1, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths

This boxed set contains all three Philippa Barnes mysteries, set in New Zealand national parks. Glacier guide turned amateur sleuth Philippa investigates murders in the depths of a mountain lake, the frozen heights of a glacier and a labyrinthine cave underworld. Scarred by her own tragedy, Philippa explores the lives of complex individuals, many of whom have secrets.

Cold Hard Murder (Philippa Barnes mysteries 3) by Trish McCormack

Series: Philippa Barnes glacier mysteries. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 83,070. Language: English. Published: February 16, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths

A controversial tourism development in New Zealand's Paparoa National Park forms the backdrop to a seemingly random series of murders. The police struggle to make connections but the trail is as twisted a as some of the parks’s most labyrinthine caves. Sleuth Philippa Barnes is caught in a struggle deep underground as she tries to outwit a determined killer.

Glacier Murder by Trish McCormack

Series: Philippa Barnes glacier mysteries, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 82,560. Language: English. Originally Published: March 11, 2013 by Trish McCormack. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General

(5.00 from 1 review)

Glacier guide sleuth Philippa Barnes investigates a murder in New Zealand's Westland National Park. Vivien Revell didn’t intend to die. She should have got away but years later Philippa discovers her mangled body in a crevasse on the Franz Josef Glacier. A brutal murder follows, more people are threatened, and it becomes clear that someone is determined to keep Vivien's story hidden.

Assigned to Murder by Trish McCormack

Series: Philippa Barnes glacier mysteries, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 88,170. Language: English. Originally Published: February 20, 2013 by Trish McCormack. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General

(5.00 from 1 review)

Journalist Kirsten Browne tells her friend, glacier guide Philippa Barnes, that she is investigating something terrible. Before she can say more she is bludgeoned to death beside a West Coast lake. Philippa, determined to find out why, discovers that the people of the lake are hiding many secrets. She finds links to a decades-old mystery, but not in time to prevent another tragedy.

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