Tom Sainsbury's Small Town Scandal

Toby finally gets to the island that the teenagers are inhabiting for their New Years celebration with Levi Levarne. With only hours to go until midnight, will this be the end of him? Will this be the end of the world? Or will Toby manage to solve the mystery and save the small town of Ruatuna?

Only time will tell...

Trying to get to the bottom of where the teenagers are going, Toby goes back to check on Anthea and see if she will give him clues for his mystery. He doesn’t get much help, until he meets two more locals who offer to take him out on their boat to search the islands for the music festival the teenagers are hiding from him.

Back on dry land, things go from bad to worse, back to good again...

Sprung by the Winstanley’s guests and potentially in the middle of a meeting to plan the downfall of a town, Toby bluffs his way out of a sticky situation, but now he has a new lead – his Airbnb hosts…

He’s then drawn to a scene on the beach with the potential eco-terrorist, getting himself into a bind by offering help her while she goes for a rest...

After breaking the news to David Dearlove, Toby continues the investigation. The leads are all a bit cold, until he finds out that Anthea has headed out on a boat with the bullying teenagers from the beach...

Toby heads out to the peninsula to meet with Dawn – the hermit who is blocking Dearloves development dreams – she seems friendly enough until she inadvertently admits her dark past...

After escaping his security conscious and geriatric Air BnB hosts, Lynn and Stan Winstanley, Toby finally makes it out into the small town of Ruatuna. Starting at the local drinking hole he meets the vigilant and close-knit locals and doesn’t get a very warm reception.

He does get one lead though, David Dearlove – the town’s much loathed property developer trying to make Ruatuna a town for the metropolitan elite of Aotearoa...

Just when he thought he was out of the podcast business, Toby Buchanan receives a gruesome package in the mail. Intrigued by the severed Toe and before he even rings the Police, Toby picks up his dictaphone and starts recording a new podcast, much to the disappointment of his new girlfriend Kristy...