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Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett
Narrated by: Miriama McDowell, Richard Te Are
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'A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Māori culture' Val McDermid

A 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 Meyer

Winner of the Best First Novel Award at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards
Finalist for
Best Novel at the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards
​Shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger

Shortlisted for Audio Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards©2022 Michael Bennett (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, UK
Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Police Procedurals Women Sleuths
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New exciting New Zealand story

First book about New Zealand I read, enjoyed it a lot. exciting story and loved the local spice added to the book

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Narration was awesome - story close to the bone and relevant . Lessons to be learnt and wounds to heal

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