Vince Reid left the small town of Manson a decade ago, promising never to return. But now an insurance company wants him to investigate a claim on a suspicious car crash and he is forced to relive all that drove him away from the place he grew up.

As Reid's investigation unfolds, nothing is as it seems: rumours are swirling about the popular woman who crashed the car, killing her husband - the man linked to the mysterious disappearance of two local girls. As Reid veers off course he finds himself in the dangerous position of taking on the town – again.

In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to J.P. Pomare about creating tension in the setting of crime fiction, turning an unremarkable person into a great character, and using the art of deception to get inside the reader's mind.