Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
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An amazing tale blending modern day New Zealand, the past and the Treaty of Waitangi, with a spate of killings that puzzles Māori Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman.
During the investigation, somehow she finds a link between this death and the suicide of someone else a few days later. What the connection points are between the victims she has no idea, but as the situation escalates she is thrown back to her days as a young police officer being forced to break up a land rights rally at Mt Suffolk. Something she’s felt sorry about for years. When the investigation cuts close to home Hana is distressed and determined to fight through.
An amazing story with the past intruding on the present, carrying forward the notion of those of today being held responsible for the past. It seem the Māori tradition of rebalancing, of Utu, might be in play.
A Grove Atlantic ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.
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