Accidental Hero

By Jenny Harrison

George Ainslie is a reporter in small-town Panui, a fictitious village somewhere north of Auckland, New Zealand. The inhabitants are a varied bunch of individuals - some smart, some lucky - but sadly for George he seems to be neither of those. However, someone has faith in him, and guides him towards solving the case of some missing children. It leads to nationwide fame, but not quite in the way he would have preferred as his guardian angel has an odd sense of humour.
Other stories in the Panui series are The Falling of Shadows, Rusty & Slasher's Guide to Crime, and The Indigo Kid.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jenny Harrison
• Release date: Nov 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465705952

Jenny Harrison

I only started writing in 1995 in my late 50s (yeah for us late bloomers!). Debbie’s Story - the story of childhood sexual abuse - was a huge hit when published in 1997, one of those books that appeared just at the right time and in the right place. It was second on the bestseller list for that year. We immigrated to New Zealand in 1997 and in 2000 I co-authored a book called A New Life in New Zealand with my good friend Surita Nortjé. That has since become the preferred textbook for potential immigrants to New Zealand. After that there was a lull when I wrote almost exclusively for magazines and newspapers, in particular Connections and Migrant News. In 2006 I published a gift book called To the Child Unborn, a delightful book filled with wisdom and love which, I think, is the best thing I've done. 2007 and 2008 marked the start of my life as a fiction writer. I wrote The Falling of Shadows, The Indigo Kid and Accidental Hero - all set in the fictional small town of Panui. You can buy print copies through my website, www.jennyharrison.co.nz I recently launched the fourth book in the Panui series, Rusty & Slasher's Guide to Crime, on an unsuspecting world.

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