'A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Māori culture' Val McDermidA DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH.A KILLER IN SEARCH OF RETRIBUTION.A CLASH BETWEEN CULTURE AND DUTY.THE PAST NEVER TRULY STAYS BURIED.WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE OF PARADISE. Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single motherhood and the pressures of her career in Auckland’s Central Investigation Branch. When she’s led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man hanging in a hidden room. With little to go on, Hana knows one thing: the killer is sending her a message.As a Māori officer, there has always been a clash between duty and culture for Hana, but it is something that she’s found a way to live with. Until now. When more murders follow, Hana realises that her heritage and past are the keys to finding the perpetrator.Especially when the killer's agenda of revenge may include Hana – and her family . . . ‘As page-turning as it is eye-opening’ Ambrose Parry‘A remarkable new detective’ Daily Mail‘[A] highly addictive read’ My Weekly ‘So chilling’ Crime Monthly‘Opens a unique window onto a fascinating Antipodean society as only world-class crime fiction can’ Deon MeyerWinner of the Best First Novel Award at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh AwardsFinalist for Best Novel at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh AwardsShortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, Ockham New Zealand Book AwardsLonglisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood DaggerShortlisted for Audio Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards

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Utgivningsdatum2022-08-18
Mått153 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt502 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHana Westerman
Antal sidor336
FörlagSimon & Schuster Ltd
ISBN9781398512214

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Michael Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue) is an award-winning screenwriter, director and author. His first book, a non-fiction work telling the true story of New Zealand’s worst miscarriage of justice, In Dark Places, won Best Non-Fiction Book at the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards. Michael's second book, Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas, is a time-travel graphic novel co-authored with Ant Sang.Better the Blood, the first Hana Westerman thriller, was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction/Ockham New Zealand Book Award, as well as for the Audio Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards and Best First Mystery Novel at the Barry Awards. It was also longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Debut Dagger and was a finalist for Best Novel at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards, where it won the award for Best First Novel. Return to Blood, the second novel in the acclaimed series, won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel in 2025. Michael's short and feature films have won awards internationally and have screened at numerous festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, Locarno, New York, London and Melbourne. Michael is the 2020 recipient of the Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award, in recognition of members of the Māori filmmaking community who have made high-level contributions to screen storytelling. He lives in Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand), with his partner Jane, and children Tīhema, Māhina and Matariki.