{"product_id":"carved-in-blood","title":"Carved in Blood","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781398536791\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTenacious Māori investigator Hana Westerman returns in this stunning new thriller from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBetter the Blood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the depths of the bleak New Zealand winter comes the rising of Matariki – a sacred constellation in Māori culture, heralding a time of new beginnings. For former Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman, life is good: her work in her hometown of Tātā Bay is going well, the community is thriving, and her daughter Addison is getting engaged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But this Matariki brings unwelcome change. When Hana’s ex-husband Jaye walks into an Auckland liquor store and directly across the path of a gunman, their family’s hard-won peace is shattered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With the stakes at their highest, Hana finds herself picking up a path she thought she’d 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkness much closer to home than she knows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PRAISE FOR MICHAEL BENNETT:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A tensely plotted, gritty crime novel that has the courage to force us all to rethink our relationship with the past’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVASEEM KHAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A significant addition to Indigenous literature’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A writer to watch’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS PUB","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41508120035461,"sku":"PR403197","price":55.8,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNY12DFB5AIY.jpg?v=1769777010","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/carved-in-blood","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}