5 Dec 2021

Ian Austin's new thriller has a stamp of authority

From Standing Room Only, 2:35 pm on 5 December 2021
Ian Austen

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The rarest postage stamps, the fabled Plate 77 Penny Reds, are at the heart of the latest Detective Dan Calder crime novel by Ian Austin

You can throw in a terrorist bombing plot at Auckland Airport, a photograph that's been torn in two and Dan's chaotic family life into the mix.

Ian Austin is a former detective himself so he clearly knows what he's writing about.  Bonded is the fourth novel featuring Calder, and he tells Lynn Freeman that it was inspired by a real story "almost too amazing to be true."

Bonded is published by I.A. Books.