Blue Smoke

On 3 February 1931, Napier was devastated by a powerful earthquake - and one of those seriously injured is Tamar Murdoch, beloved matriarch of Kenmore. As she struggles to overcome her injuries, Tamar is also beset by the ongoing effects of the Great Depression. Relief work for the unemployed keeps her busy - but when her grandson threatens to leave for Spain to join the International Brigade, she feels the familiar dread she knew when her sons were torn from her in the First World War. While she has faced down scandal, murderous violence and tragic illness in her past, the future of her family is threatened once again by war and heartbreak, as Hitler's armies start to march. Tamar watches helplessly as her children and grandchildren are sucked once more into the ruthless machinery of war. In the conclusion of the Tamar trilogy, the story of the feisty Cornish seamstress who became a brothelkeeper and wealthy landowner is brought to a stirring and memorable conclusion. Deborah Challinor is a freelance writer and historian living in the Bay of Plenty. Blue Smoke is her third novel, following the bestselling Tamar and White Feathers, and she has written several nonfiction titles, including Who'll Stop the Rain? and Grey Ghosts.

Deborah Challinor

Wm.Collins Publishers,New Zealand

Chris Among has been described by Sir Jackie Stewart as 'One of the most skilful and natural drivers ever to grace Formula One.' Yet, for all his undeniable talent behind the wheel, Amon didn't win a single world-championship Grand Prix. His bad luck was legendary. As one of his fellow drivers quipped: 'If Chris Amon quit racing and took up undertaking, people would stop dying The youngest of New Zealand motor-racing's 'big three' - driver-engineer Bruce McLaren and 1967 world champion Denny Hulme made up the trio - Amon wove his special brand of motoring magic in the years before saturation TV coverage could assure him hero status at home. Many New Zealanders are still surprised to learn that for three seasons in the late 1960s, one of their own led the Ferrari team, today synonymous with superchampion Michael Schumacher. Seasons followed with March, Matra, Tecno, his own Amon project and Ensign, punctuated by CanAm, sports-car and Formula Two events and the popular Tasman Series. Finally, after a decade of spooking the world's finest drivers, Amon quit the track for the family farm near Bulls. Forza Amon! is a tale of heroic persistence in the face of relentless ill fortune. Lear

Forza Amon!: A Biography of Chris Amon

Eoin Young

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Blue Smoke

Forza Amon!: A Biography of Chris Amon