{"product_id":"better-the-blood-9780802160607","title":"Better the Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand's indigenous peoples, an acclaimed Māori screenwriter, and director.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a secret room and a puzzling inward-curving inscription.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelving into the investigation after a second, apparently unrelated, death, she uncovers a chilling connection to a historic crime: 160 years before, during the brutal and bloody British colonization of New Zealand, a troop of colonial soldiers unjustly executed a Māori Chief. Hana realizes that the murders are \u003ci\u003eutu\u003c\/i\u003e--the Māori tradition of rebalancing for the crime committed eight generations ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were six soldiers in the British troop, and since descendants of two of the soldiers have been killed, four more potential murders remain. Hana is thus hunting New Zealand's first serial killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pursuit soon becomes frighteningly personal, recalling the painful event, two decades before, when Hana, then a new cop, was part of a police team sent to end by force a land rights occupation by indigenous peoples on the same ancestral mountain where the Chief was killed, calling once more into question her loyalty to her roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorse still, a genealogical link to the British soldiers brings the case terrifyingly close to Hana's own family. Twisty and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eBetter the Blood \u003c\/i\u003eis the debut of a remarkable new talent in crime fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802160607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 108\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40665548193907,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4ca6d085-8f6a-401e-b238-62109a3e16a7.jpg?v=1673622595","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/better-the-blood-9780802160607","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}