Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson is a former journalist and television producer who now plots thrillers from his home on the Tamaki River in Auckland. His debut novel, Tugga’s Mob, was inspired by three seasons as a tour guide in Europe during the 1980s. It was a finalist in the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best First Novel. The sequel, Boxed, is set in the world of animal rights activism and the media. Kaikōura Rendezvous is the third story in the Spotlight Mystery Series; a blissful motorhome tour of New Zealand turns deadly for the TV crew when they are stranded in a cyclone. Peace Stick is a historical fiction novel that goes behind the Iron Curtain during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. An East German schoolgirl creates a symbol of hope as the world teeters on the edge of a nuclear war. No Repeats is the first in a New Zealand crime thriller series. Rebecca Cashmore is a media and legal highflyer whose careers implode during a home invasion by a stalker.