Franz Josef

A New Zealand mystery set on a glacier

Alan Carter

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Fremantle Press
04 November 2025

Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

From the award-winning author of Marlborough Man and Doom Creek, this atmospheric thriller plunges readers into a bloodsoaked crevasse of natural disasters, international intrigue and calculated murder.

The tiny South Island town of Franz Josef is perched precariously on New Zealand's Alpine Fault. It already faces devastating earthquakes, floods and landslides. And now it harbours a killer. When a body is discovered suspended in a glacier, detectives Nick Chester and Latifa Rapata are sent to investigate. More victims surface, as does a web of corruption stretching from the international aid industry to the blood-steeped fields of a civil war.

By: Alan Carter
Imprint: Fremantle Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 463g
ISBN: 9781760995331
ISBN 10: 1760995339
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 04 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Alan Carter was born in Sunderland, United Kingdom. He immigrated to Australia in 1991 and now lives just south of Hobart. He sometimes works as a television documentary director. In his spare time, he plunges into the icy Tasmanian waters for fun. He is the author of five Cato Kwong novels - Prime Cut, Getting Warmer, Bad Seed, Heaven Sent and Crocodile Tears - and the Nick Chester novels Marlborough Man and Doom Creek, set in New Zealand.