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201082Better the Bloodhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/better-the-blood-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1636295/96b9ec62-ed97-4b05-8a56-63f5402da9c8.jpg?v=638338526797530000373373MXNRecorded Books, Inc.InStock/Audiolibros/<p>An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealands indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Maori screenwriter and director</p><p>A tenacious Maori detective, Hana Westerman is juggling 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. Delving<br />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 Maori chief.</p><p>Hana recognizes the murders as ututhe Maori tradition of rebalancing, whether for a personal slight or, now, for a crime committed eight generations ago. There were six soldiers in the British troop, and since descendants of two of the soldiers have been killed, four more potential<br />murders remain. Hana realizes she is hunting New Zealands first serial killer.</p><p>The 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<br />more into questionher loyalty to her roots. Worse still, a genealogical link to the British soldiers brings the case terrifyingly close to Hanas own family. Twisty and thoughtprovoking, Better the Blood is the debut of a remarkable new talent in crime fiction.</p>...202303Better the Blood373373https://www.gandhi.com.mx/better-the-blood-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1636295/96b9ec62-ed97-4b05-8a56-63f5402da9c8.jpg?v=638338526797530000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20239781705087664_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9781705087664_<p>An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealands indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Maori screenwriter and director A tenacious Maori 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. Delving into the investigation after a second, apparently unrelated, death, she uncovers a chilling connection to an historic crime: 160 years before, during the brutal and bloody British colonization of New Zealand, a troop of colonial soldiers unjustly executed a Maori Chief. Hana realizes that the murders are ututhe Maori tradition of rebalancing for the crime committed eight generations ago. There 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 Zealands first serial killer. The 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. Worse still, a genealogical link to the British soldiers brings the case terrifyingly close to Hanas own family. Twisty and thought-provoking, Better the Blood is the debut of a remarkable new talent in crime fiction.</p>...(*_*)9781705087664_<p>An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealands indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Maori screenwriter and director</p><p>A tenacious Maori detective, Hana Westerman is juggling 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. Delving<br />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 Maori chief.</p><p>Hana recognizes the murders as ututhe Maori tradition of rebalancing, whether for a personal slight or, now, for a crime committed eight generations ago. There were six soldiers in the British troop, and since descendants of two of the soldiers have been killed, four more potential<br />murders remain. Hana realizes she is hunting New Zealands first serial killer.</p><p>The 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<br />more into questionher loyalty to her roots. Worse still, a genealogical link to the British soldiers brings the case terrifyingly close to Hanas own family. Twisty and thoughtprovoking, Better the Blood is the debut of a remarkable new talent in crime fiction.</p>...9781705087664_Recorded Books, Inc.audiolibro_bd6b021a-adee-3d92-bb22-bd52813915cb_9781705087664;9781705087664_9781705087664Michael BennettInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2023-01-10T00:00:00+00:00Recorded Books, Inc.