In the near future, the climate emergency has forced the wealthy to seek refuge in Aotearoa.
Water is rationed, and things like coffee and beer are now luxury items - prohibitively expensive for most people.
This is the setting for Kirsten McDougall's new novel 'She's a Killer'.
We meet her protagonist, Alice, a prickly near-genius who borders on being a sociopath.
She crosses paths with Pablo, a 'wealthugee', who pays her to look after his teenage daughter Erica - but neither of them are who they seem.
The subject matter of the novel is heavy, but the book is a fast-paced and often humourous look at what humanity's final act could look like.
This is Kirsten's third novel; her first was The Invisible Rider, published in 2012 and Tess in 2017, which was longlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards, and shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award.
Photo: Ebony Lamb
