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An Evening in Crime: Dervla McTiernan (Ireland) and Michael Bennett: WORD Christchurch

on May 13, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Event description

While bestselling and award-winning Irish crime writer and former lawyer Dervla McTiernan is now based in Australia, her books are still set in her native Ireland. Her much-anticipated new novel in the Cormac Reilly series, The Unquiet Grave is a white-knuckle thriller set in Galway. Michael Bennett’s (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue) Carved in Blood is a gritty crime novel which sees the return of tenacious Māori investigator Hana Westerman from his award-winning Better the Blood. McTiernan and Bennett not only write strong and compelling lead characters, their books brim with a powerful sense of place and culture. They come together with Liz Grant to discuss their work.

Pay just $55 for all three WORD May events!

Unquiet Grave

Carved in Blood

Supported by HarperCollins New Zealand.

Location

Tautoru / TSB Space Location: Hapori | Community, Level 1
Open from 9:00am–8:00pm on the day of the event
60 Cathedral Square
Central Christchurch, Christchurch 8011
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