Availability of books: Copies of much of Karen’s work can be found within New Zealand libraries or our wonderful independent bookshops. The author can be contacted by email through  pukekopublications@gmail.com  

The three novels (below) have, by design, been set in Aotearoa New Zealand: Both Resolutions (2021) and Safekeeping (2024) are Rebecca Eaton novels.

Resolutions 

The first of the Rebecca Eaton legal procedural novels.

ISBN: 978-0-473-57930-2 (Softcover)
ISBN: 978-0-473-55442-2 (EPUB) Amazon Kindle; search – ‘Karen Zelas’
pp323
Author: Karen Zelas
Publisher: Pūkeko Publications, 2021 

When Lawyer for Children Rebecca Eaton is invited to be Junior Counsel in a murder/infanticide trial, she sees a path to achieving her ambition of becoming a partner in their law firm. Rebecca’s work takes her to the West Coast and Marlborough Sounds … her intense engagement with a West Coast whānāu cause her to risk opening doors … 

‘… storytelling at its most thought-provoking and gripping.’

– Gail Ingram

‘Karen Zelas skilfully combines the elements of tension, pace, friction and urgency … Literary crime fiction at its best.’

– Paddy Richardson

Safekeeping

The second Rebecca Eaton legal procedural novel. 

ISBN: 978-1-99-110358-1 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-99-110359-8 (EPUB) Amazon – Karen Zelas
pp 367
Author: Karen Zelas
Publisher: Quentin Wilson Publisher, 2024

Rebecca finds herself caught in surrogacy and grey areas of NZ child protection laws.

‘Confronting, challenging and written with honesty and courage, Safekeeping is a novel of our time’

– Paddy Richardson

‘Moving and unforgettable … deftly plotted …’

– Lauren Roche

Past Perfect

ISBN: 978-0-9582923-6-8 
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A novel about the French settlement of Akaroa. 

Author: Karen Zelas
Published by Wily Publications, Christchurch, 2010 

Prompted by a brush with mortality, her children approaching adulthood and the relationship with her husband being tested, Sue Spencer embarks on a search for meaning in her life – for a better of who she might be. Her quest takes her to Akaroa, to France and back, tracking her genealogy … a story of love and loss, prejudice and resolution, as well as the search for selfhood. Set in modern-day Christchurch and France, with a backdrop of the 1840 French settlement of Akaroa and its established Māori community, the novel is enriched by the diversity and complexity that make up our past. 

Availability of novels: Copies of much of Karen’s work can be found within New Zealand libraries or our wonderful Independent Bookshops, and Amazon. The author can be contacted through  pukekopublications@gmail.com 

Any difficulties, please contact Karen Zelas directly — email: karenzelas@gmail.com or pukekopublications@gmail.com