Death on Demand

<p>&quot;It's the stuff the best gangster films are made of, perfectly composed, the action kept in the realm of reality and a steady, tense wire of human pathos running down its spine.&quot; - <i>The Coast</i></p><p>&quot;Tito Ihaka, the maverick Maori cop, dances through a minefield of police politics, old grudges, blackmail, and gangs as he hunts a faceless killer in Auckland. Filled with helter-skelter storylines, witty dialogue, and captivating characters.&quot; - <i>Herald on Sunday</i></p><p>Paul Thomas, the godfather of contemporary New Zealand crime writing, often described by some as &quot;Elmore Leonard on acid,&quot; has brought back offbeat local hero Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka.</p><p>Maori cop Ihaka, unkempt, overweight, intemperate, unruly, unorthodox, and profane, is a cop unable to play the police politics necessary for promotion, but he's a man who has a way with women, and he's a stubborn investigator with an uncanny instinct for the truth.</p><p>Tito Ihaka is in the wilderness, having fallen foul of the new regime at Auckland Central. Called back to follow up a strange twist in the unsolved case that got him into trouble in the first place, Ihaka finds himself hunting a shadowy hitman who could have several notches on his belt.</p><p>His enemies want him off the case, but the bodies are piling up. Ihaka embarks on a quest to establish whether police corruption was behind the shooting of an undercover cop and - to complicate matters - he becomes involved with an enigmatic female suspect who could hold the key to everything.</p><br><br>