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Return to Blood : From the award-winning author of BETTER THE BLOOD comes the gripping new Hana Westerman thriller

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD COMES ANOTHER CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S BEST INVESTIGATOR, HANA WESTERMAN.

‘Another cracking, page-turning journey into another culture’ VAL McDERMID

Two murders. Two decades apart.

One chance to get justice.

Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start.

The discovery of a skeleton in the dunes near her house changes everything. The remains are those of a young Māori woman who went missing four years before, and Hana has a connection to the case. Twenty years ago, a schoolfriend of hers was found buried in the exact same spot. Her killer died in prison, but did the police get the wrong man? And if he was innocent, then why did he plead guilty?

No longer part of the Criminal Investigation Branch, Hana turns to her ex-husband Jaye, a high-flying Detective Inspector, for help. But when he cuts her out of the investigation, she realises that she will have to find the answers she needs on her own.

But in digging deeper, she sets herself on a potentially fatal collision course with a killer.

‘The vivid picture of ethnic cultural life alone marks out the book as special, but it’s Bennett’s control of a tense narrative that is key’ Financial Times

‘Evocative’ Crime Monthly

‘A confident, convincing work in a crowded genre’ NZ Listener

‘A powerful novel that stays in the mind long after it is finished’ Jeff Popple


Author:

  • Michael Bennett

Narrator:

  • Miriama McDowell

Format:

  • Audiobook
  • E-book

Duration:

  • 7 h 19 min
  • 179 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Crime
  • Police procedurals

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