Crimes of Nature

Join authors Michael Bennett and Angie Faye Martin to talk about writing crime from a First Nations’ perspective.

Retired Māori investigator Hana Westerman returns in the new thriller Carved in Blood by Michael Bennett. In the depths of the New Zealand winter comes the rising of Matariki – a sacred constellation in Māori culture. But this Matariki brings unwelcome change when a shooting sends Hana on a dark and suspenseful journey. In her debut novel Melaleuca, Angie Faye Martin tells a story of a country town, a brutal murder, a shameful past and a reckoning to come.

Hear Michael and Angie Faye discuss the influence of inhospitable environments in their compelling new novels, in conversation with Dinuka McKenzie.