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Chapters (54)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. PART ONE
  6. ONE
  7. TWO
  8. THREE
  9. FOUR
  10. DEADLY SAS RAID IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER SCRUTINY
  11. FIVE
  12. SIX
  13. SEVEN
  14. EIGHT
  15. NINE
  16. TEN
  17. ELEVEN
  18. TWELVE
  19. THIRTEEN
  20. FOURTEEN
  21. FIFTEEN
  22. SIXTEEN
  23. SEVENTEEN
  24. EIGHTEEN
  25. NINETEEN
  26. TWENTY
  27. PART TWO
  28. TWENTY-ONE
  29. TWENTY-TWO
  30. TWENTY-THREE
  31. TWENTY-FOUR
  32. TWENTY-FIVE
  33. TWENTY-SIX
  34. TWENTY-SEVEN
  35. TWENTY-EIGHT
  36. TWENTY-NINE
  37. DANIEL MOORE: ‘A SINGLE BLOKE, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, A BIT OF A DUNCE BUT WITH A GOOD HEART,’ BEST FRIEND SAYS.
  38. THIRTY
  39. THIRTY-ONE
  40. THIRTY-TWO
  41. THIRTY-THREE
  42. THIRTY-FOUR
  43. THIRTY-FIVE
  44. BREAKING: POLICE CONFIRM DANIEL MOORE ACTED ALONE
  45. THIRTY-SIX
  46. THIRTY-SEVEN
  47. THIRTY-EIGHT
  48. THIRTY-NINE
  49. SECOND ARREST MADE IN WESTAY HIDDEN CAMERAS CASE
  50. EPILOGUE
  51. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  52. Discover More
  53. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  54. Also by J. P. Pomare

When I eventually get to bed, I can’t sleep. From the downstairs room, I can hear the music clearly through the walls. They’ve put on Metallica. Any pretence of sophistication those two have sober is stripped away when they get a few drinks in them. They’re back in their late teens, a couple of wannabe soldiers drinking themselves into oblivion and listening to heavy metal. Fortunately, I brought down melatonin, after half an hour of lying there I find myself reaching for it. It doesn’t take long to feel the lulling effect, soon I’m dozing off. I hear more music. It’s a song I recognise. My grandfather used to play the Rolling Stones a lot when I was a child. The plucky intro of the sitar. Then that marching percussive thump of the tom drums. What is this song? It comes to me in the first line of lyrics. ‘Paint it, Black.’

BREAKING: POLICE CONFIRM DANIEL MOORE ACTED ALONE

A spokesperson for the task force investigating the alleged installation of cameras in WeStay properties has confirmed they now believe Daniel Moore acted alone.

The news comes days after The Herald broke the story that a second property located in Mount Eden also contained evidence of cameras.

The cameras were removed prior to their discovery. No footage or camera equipment has been recovered but guests who stayed at the property have been notified.

A WeStay profile that is believed to be linked with Daniel Moore had previously booked both the Lake Tarawera property and the Mount Eden property.

Police indicated that they’re not looking at any other suspects at this stage, and that the method of installation and equipment along with other factors indicate Moore was responsible for both.

Police also acknowledged that there is no evidence that Moore had an accomplice the night of the home invasion. Their attention will instead turn to tracking down the footage and pursuing those who have viewed and shared the material online.

More details to follow.

THIRTY-SIX

IT’S LATE, OR very early. A peel of moonlight passes beneath the curtains and Cain’s breath tells me the whisky came out after I went to bed. I don’t know what woke me but I’m awake now. I close my eyes again.

The rest of the night passes in gasps of restless sleep. I find myself inexplicably crying for my grandparents at times, for the house and my past. If we sell, where will we end up? When morning eventually arrives, I wonder if I can stay another night here at all.

Light fills the house. Cain goes straight to the fridge, pulling out a slab of bacon and the carton of eggs. Axel is on his phone on the couch.

‘What’s the plan for today?’ I ask.

‘I was hoping to get the boat out on the water,’ Cain says. ‘If we can get it going.’