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• A Divine Fury

  Bishop, D. V.

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  The amazing David Bishop writes niche noir - renaissance era crimes featuring a gay policeman. David is a bit of a star - the third book of the Cesare Romaro series, A Divine Fury, won the Historical Dagger award this year in the U.K.

• 17 Years Later

  Who Really Killed the Primrose Family?

  Pomare, J. P.

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  Bloody and brilliant. This book sets a high bar for the Ngaio Marsh Awards next year. I can honestly say this is Pomare's best book yet and I'm waiting for the accolades to line up. 17 Years Later demonstrates the author's maturity as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Home Truths

  Norman, Charity

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  The award-winning Charity Norman brings another tricky thriller to the table: a cleverly plotted story bookended by a trial. Norman keeps the reader guessing as to who's in the dock until quite a way into this story of a family gone down…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Return to Blood

  Bennett, Michael, 1964-

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  Michael Bennett plays to the crowd with a sequel to his best-selling fiction debut, Into the Blood. This series could easilty translate into a compelling TV show. Bennett's created strong characters in Māori crime-stopper Hana Westerman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dead Girl Gone

  Ward, Gareth, 1968-

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  The proprietors of Wardini's books have teamed up to write a detective story with a setting so well described I could almost smell the blossom. And Daffyd, the homeless man. Louise and Gareth Ward are an indomitable team, putting Havelock…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Going Zero

  McCarten, Anthony, 1961-

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  Another book I couldn't put down. A cross between the T.V. show Hunted and Tom Cruise's Minority Report, Going Zero is big brother vs average joe in a competition that's a beta test for surveillance of worrying proportions. There are ten…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Devil's Breath

  Johnson, Jill (Novelist)

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  Full of intrigue, deception and voyeurism, Devil's Breath features Professor Eustacia Rose - a charming and weird steampunk-type expert on poisonous plants, out of place in contemporary London in her deceased father's old suit. Propagating…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mimicking of Known Successes

  Older, Malka, 1977-

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  I like the combination of smouldering attraction, murder mystery and science fiction in this unique series. Malka Older builds a terrific world on Giant, an established settlement on Jupiter for refugee Earthlings, complete with reanimated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Expectant

  Symon, Vanda, 1969-

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  The latest installment in the Sam Shepherd detective series, set in Dunedin. Sam, a female detective, is expecting her first child when she's drawn into the awful case of a woman given a street caesarean and left to bleed to death. What…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cleaner

  Cleave, Paul, 1974-

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  This is an old story given new life by a recent adaptation to the TV screen. Murderer and house breaker extraordinaire Joe keeps an eye on how close on his heels the cops - by working for them as a cleaner. Until he meets his nemesis - a…Read moreRead more of this annotation