Carved in Blood: The stunning new Hana Westerman thriller from the award-winning author of BETTER THE BLOOD: Volume 3

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THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OFBETTER THE BLOODAND RETURN TO BLOOD.

In the depths of the bleak New Zealand winter comes the rising of Matariki a sacred constellation in Mori culture, heralding a time of new beginnings. For former Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman, life is good: her work in her hometown of Tt Bay is going well, the community is thriving, and her daughter Addison is getting engaged.

But this Matariki brings unwelcome change. When Hanas ex-husband Jaye walks into an Auckland liquor store and directly across the path of a gunman, their familys hard-won peace is shattered.

With the stakes at their highest, Hana finds herself picking up a path she thought shed never return to. Desperate for answers, she rejoins the police to help scour the city for the unidentified shooter. But as the investigation progresses, she finds herself unprepared for the darkness of the world she is entering.

A darkness much closer to home than she knows.

PRAISE FOR MICHAEL BENNETT:

'Stunning . . . Hana Westerman, the Mori detective at the centre of the story, instantly becomes one of the great characters in crime fiction on any continent' David Heska Wanbli Weiden
'As page-turning as it is eye-opening. An excitingly fresh perspective upon a world you thought you knew'Ambrose Parry
'Bennett opens a unique window onto a fascinating Antipodean society as only world-class crime fiction can'Deon Meyer
'A significant addition to Indigenous literature'Kirkus Reviews
'Bennett is a writer to watch'Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Michael Bennett (Ngti Pikiao, Ngti Whakaue) is an award-winning screenwriter, director and author. His first book, a non-fiction work telling the true story of New Zealands 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 being shortlisted for the Audio Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards. It was also longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Debut Dagger and was a finalist forboth Best First Novel and Best Novel at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards. Michael's short and feature films have won awards internationallyand have screened at numerous festivals, includingCannes, Toronto, Berlin, Locarno, New York, Londonand Melbourne. Michael is the 2020 recipient of the Te Aupounamu Mori Screen Excellence Award, in recognition of members of the Mori filmmaking community who have made high-level contributions to screen storytelling. He lives in Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand), with his partner Jane, and children Thema, Mhina and Matariki.