Several children from a small New Zealand town go missing, one after the other. An unlikely detective enters the police investigation in the form of Lorraine. She's usually found in the bowels of the station keeping all the paperwork in order. This is the premise of Paper Cage, the debut novel by Tom Baragwanath, last year's winner of the Michael Gifkins Literary Prize. Tom now works in Paris but his novel is based where he grew up - in Masterton in the Wairarapa. Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath is published by text.