Return to Blood - From award winning author of BETTER THE BLOOD comes gripping new

The riveting follow-up to the acclaimed crime debut Better the Blood . Having left Auckland''s Central Investigation Branch, Hana Westerman has moved to the coast for a fresh start. When the skeleton of a young Māori woman who went missing a decade before is discovered in the dunes near her house, Hana is drawn into the investigation. Twenty years ago a schoolfriend of hers was found buried in the exact same spot. But her killer died in prison. Did the police get the wrong man? And, if so, why did he plead guilty? No longer part of the CIB, Hana turns to her ex-husband Jaye for help, but when Jaye cuts her out of the investigation, Hana must fidn the answers she needs on her own to get justice for both women. And all the while her daughter Addison is being drawn into the world of the victim found in the sand dunes . . . and a potentially fatal collision course with her killer. Praise for Better the Blood : ''A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Māori culture'' Val McDermid ''A tensely plotted, gritty crime novel that has the courage to force us all to rethink our relationship with the past'' Vaseem Khan ''Stunning . . . a gripping mystery, complex and memorable characters, and timely social and cultural commentary. Don’t miss it'' David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of Winter Counts

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael Bennett, Michael Bennett
• Edition: Simon & Schuster UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781398512252
• ISBN: 978-1-398-51225-2
• Pages: 336
• Thème: Hana Westerman
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: police procedural, FICTION / World Literature / New Zealand, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, New Zealand / Aotearoa, FICTION / Indigenous / General