RETURN TO BLOOD
by Michael Bennett (Simon & Schuster, $37.99)
“Hana has become more rounded and interesting, and the addition of Eru, who exudes authentic mana, is a delight.
Two years ago, Michael Bennett flung open the doors of the crime-writers’ club of Aotearoa with his first thriller, Its star was a strong Māori woman: Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman, an Auckland police officer torn between her heritage and the Pākehā power structures she worked within. This uneasiness became a crisis when she joined a team investigating a
