Karen Chisholm
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Monday, September 4, 2023
ISBN
9780473644390
Book Number (in series)
3
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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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History and humanity: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists plunge readers into page-turning tales about who we are
From heart-wrenching tales of families torn apart by disappearance or deportation to examinations of historic crimes, swindles, and injustices to page-whirring novels about former cops and former convicts, the finalists for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards offer a diverse array of storytelling excellence
Karen Chisholm
History and humanity: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists plunge readers into page-turning tales about who we are
The winners were announced in November, all of which are books WELL worth reading.
BEST NON-FICTION
WINNER: MISSING PERSONS by Steve Braunias (HarperCollins)
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Thursday, August 3, 2023
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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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Monday, July 24, 2023
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Poker, poverty, and the power of storytelling: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed
A poker-playing sleuth, a poet’s gritty take on life on Aotearoa’s poverty line, a rural mystery entwined with heart-wrenching exploration of dementia, and the long-awaited return of a master of neo-noir are among the diverse tales named today on the longlist for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel.
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5
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Saturday, July 1, 2023
ISBN
B087148DM1
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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Monday, January 16, 2023
ISBN
9781398515062
Book Number (in series)
1
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Sunday, November 27, 2022
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Friday, November 18, 2022
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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Friday, November 11, 2022
ISBN
B091DMDR4M
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1
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
ISBN
B095JB6MN6
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2
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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Monday, October 31, 2022
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Monday, October 31, 2022
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Friday, September 16, 2022
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Friday, August 19, 2022
ISBN
9780473581190
Book Number (in series)
4
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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Thursday, June 30, 2022
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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Thursday, February 10, 2022
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Friday, December 31, 2021
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Thursday, December 30, 2021
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Thursday, December 30, 2021
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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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Monday, December 6, 2021
ISBN
B08P3YXSR8
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2
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Monday, December 6, 2021
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Friday, December 3, 2021
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Thursday, December 2, 2021
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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Monday, November 29, 2021
ISBN
B084TZWQNG
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2
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Friday, November 26, 2021
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Friday, November 26, 2021
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Friday, November 26, 2021
ISBN
B084RYMV75
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
ISBN
B086SNZNPF
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1
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Tuesday, November 23, 2021
ISBN
9780473536664
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2
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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Friday, November 12, 2021
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Friday, November 12, 2021
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B085X6GW7Y
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Thursday, November 11, 2021
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
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Friday, November 5, 2021
ISBN
B08DHNTWDF
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Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
ISBN
B08DG6249B
Book Number (in series)
13
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
ISBN
B083NTPGV8
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1
ISBN
B08BF6DYYX
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3
ISBN
B08DR1F3KJ
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4
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021
ISBN
B089FTNPP7
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2
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021
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Monday, August 16, 2021
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Thursday, August 12, 2021
ISBN
B08MSXSZZ9
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
ISBN
B08PS4QD2D
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2
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
ISBN
B0848PT1MX
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
ISBN
9798633647822
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
ISBN
B08H1H15RX
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1
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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Monday, August 2, 2021
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Monday, August 2, 2021
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
ISBN
9780648891116
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3
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Fresh voices came to the fore at WORD Christchurch Spring Festival on Saturday afternoon as Becky Manawatu and RWR McDonald were named the winners of the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
Both winners were first-time novelists, and while their winning books were different in many ways, each was told in large part from the perspective of young children dealing with loss and violence in small-town New Zealand, each included a rich cast of diverse characters, and each expertly blended lighter moments with dark events in tense tales that could make readers gasp and laugh.
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3
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
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Monday, August 31, 2020
ISBN
B07QNG9P66
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1
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Monday, August 31, 2020
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Friday, August 28, 2020
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Thursday, August 27, 2020
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Friday, August 21, 2020
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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9781798151082
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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Monday, August 17, 2020
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
ISBN
9781393699316
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
ISBN
B07YQ38ZYG
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1
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Monday, June 29, 2020
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
ISBN
B07PR6JYGG
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
ISBN
B07MXBWLBM
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4
ISBN
B07W2WDP89
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5
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Monday, June 1, 2020
ISBN
9781089605096
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Monday, May 25, 2020
ISBN
9780473502621
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1
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Monday, May 25, 2020
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Friday, May 15, 2020
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
ISBN
B07ZGKP6DL
Book Number (in series)
1
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
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Monday, May 4, 2020
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1
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Friday, May 1, 2020
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
ISBN
B078TL6XS4
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1
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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Monday, February 17, 2020
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Monday, February 17, 2020
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
ISBN
B07BGXGB9S
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
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Monday, September 16, 2019
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
ISBN
B07G491N4D
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Friday, August 9, 2019
ISBN
B079HJNKW9
Book Number (in series)
1
ISBN
B07KP14DPX
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2
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Thursday, August 8, 2019
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Sunday, August 4, 2019
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Sunday, August 4, 2019
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Saturday, August 3, 2019
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Monday, July 22, 2019
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Thursday, July 18, 2019
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
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Friday, July 12, 2019
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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Thursday, June 20, 2019
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Monday, June 17, 2019
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Young offenders, criminal histories:
Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed
An extraordinary literary tag-team is among several tales inspired by historic events to be named today on an eclectic longlist for the 2019 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel.
ISBN
9780473427702
Publisher
Link to Publisher
Book Number (in series)
2
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Saturday, June 8, 2019
ISBN
B07G29V2KC
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
ISBN
B071KM6SF1
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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Monday, March 18, 2019
ISBN
9780473399177
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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Friday, March 1, 2019
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Friday, February 22, 2019
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
ISBN
9780473391010
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
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Friday, February 1, 2019
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Friday, February 1, 2019
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Lots and lots of noise about this one.
From the Blurb:
For the past two weeks, seventeen-year-old Kate Bennet has lived against her will in an isolated cabin in a remote beach town--brought there by a mysterious man named Bill. Part captor, part benefactor, Bill calls her Evie and tells her he's hiding her to protect her. That she did something terrible one night back home in Melbourne--something so unspeakable that he had no choice but to take her away. The trouble is, Kate can't remember the night in question.
Karen Chisholm
Backcountry mystery outshone big city crime at WORD Christchurch Festival on Saturday evening as Alan Carter and Jennifer Lane were named the winners of the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
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Two authors who returned to crime writing after more than a decade away have today been named among an eclectic longlist for the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel.
Karen Chisholm
Having just posted a media announcement on the 2018 Ngaio Marsh longlist (the media announcement is here), now for a few personal comments. Firstly and most importantly, if you've been standing by waiting for a review to be posted (especially if your book was in the submissions list), this is the reason for the delay.
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Turned into the perfect read for a hot Saturday afternoon.
From the Blurb:
Amy is a store detective at Cutty’s, the oldest and grandest department store in the country. She’s good at her job. She can read people and catch them. But Cutty’s is closing down. Amy has a young baby, an ailing mother, and a large mortgage. She also has a past as an activist.
Karen Chisholm
One from the weekend's pile
From the Blurb:
Detective Ngaire Blakes is back on the case when a skeletonized murder victim is discovered - a crime that took place during the Springbok Tours of 1981. A period that pitted father against son, town against city, and police against protestors.
Karen Chisholm
Another from the currently reading pile.
From the Blurb:
Former Special Forces soldier Jeff Bradley is meeting with the mafia in Bari, Italy, to discover the whereabouts of his nemesis—criminal overlord Avni Leka—when he receives a message from an old friend. Barry is on board a tourist bus that has been hijacked by terrorists near Istanbul. Strapped with explosives, it is racing across Turkey to the northern borders of Syria, Iraq and Iran.
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The latest from the NZ pile.
From the Blurb:
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Particularly intriguing one from recent day's reading.
From the Blurb:
Cassy blew a collective kiss at them. 'See you in September,' she said. A throwaway line. Just words, uttered casually by a young woman in a hurry. And then she'd gone.
It was supposed to be a short trip - a break in New Zealand before her best friend's wedding. But when Cassy waved goodbye to her parents, they never dreamed that it would be years before they'd see her again.
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Another from the New Zealand pile read over the weekend.
From the Blurb:
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Another from the weekend's New Zealand piles.
From the Blurb:
"In the silence she could hear the oncoming hum, like a large flock approaching. She didn’t want to hear his story; she’d had enough of them."
Tess is on the run when she’s picked up from the side of the road by lonely middle-aged father Lewis Rose. With reluctance, she’s drawn into his family troubles and comes to know a life she never had.
Set in Masterton at the turn of the millennium, Tess is a gothic love story about the ties that bind and tear a family apart.
Karen Chisholm
Another from the weekend's pile of New Zealand fiction, the second in the Raymond Electromatic trilogy.
From the Blurb:
A blend of science fiction and stylish mystery noir featuring a robot detective: the stand alone sequel to Made to Kill
Karen Chisholm
One from a weekend's reading catch up on the New Zealand / Ngaio Marsh piles.
From the Blurb:
A SUICIDE. A MURDER. A CONSPIRACY.
DIGGING UP THE PAST CAN BE DEADLY . . .
A thirteen-year-old boy commits suicide.
A sixty-five-year old man dies of a heart attack.
Dan Forrester, ex-MI5 agent, is connected to them both.
And when he discovers that his godson and his father have been murdered, he teams up with his old friend, DC Lucy Davies, to find answers.
Karen Chisholm
Another from the New Zealand piles.
From the Blurb:
How do you protect your family when you can't remember who's hunting them? A gripping international thriller, perfect for fans of Lee Child and Mason Cross
A family in England is massacred, the father left holding the shotgun.
PC Lucy Davies is convinced he's innocent
A sleeper agent in Moscow requests an urgent meeting with Dan Forrester, referencing their shared past.
His amnesia means he has no idea who he can trust.
Karen Chisholm
Starting off with this one over the Easter long weekend.
From the Blurb:
Army veteran Hunter Grant thought he had left war behind in Afghanistan – a conflict that left him with physical and psychological scars. But finding an unconscious girl in the Northland bush and gradually untangling her story involves him in a war of a different kind in his own country.
Karen Chisholm
From the current reading pile.
From the Blurb:
SUPERPOWERS SHOULD NOT BE WASTED ON THE YOUNG
Euphemia Sage watched helplessly as Jane, covered in blood, clutched her precious jewelry and was bundled into the Mercedes. Just a few days earlier she’d discovered that Alison, her mousy receptionist at Sage Consulting, had been working as a loan shark on the side. And now Alison, her husband and those thick-necked men in the cheap suits wanted the money back.
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Another from the weekend pile
From the Blurb:
If art can capture a soul, what happens when one of those souls escapes?
When art appraiser Anita Cassatt is sent to catalogue the extensive collection of reclusive artist Leo Kubin, it isn’t only the chilly atmosphere of the secluded house making her shiver.
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From the current pile.
From the Blurb:
When Mickey got out of the fiasco that was Lehman Brothers, he thought he had left high-risk finance behind. Now he passes his days driving a London black taxi and filling in with the occasional domestic private investigation.
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One from the weekend's pile.
From the Blurb:
Peter Fraser was our greatest prime minister on the international stage. He proved it as World War Two was ending and he played a major part in shaping the United Nations. In the process he made enemies. He is back in New Zealand, where a plot is under way to kill him. If it is successful, New Zealand’s influence on the international stage ends and the country descends into chaos, a divided country ripe for international manipulation.
Karen Chisholm
Another from the weekend's reading pile.
From the Blurb:
A stranger just put Kelsey’s boyfriend in a coma. The worst part? She asked him to do it.
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From the NZ piles about the place - an historical novel set in Dunedin.
From the Blurb:
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Second from the reading pile from yesterday.
From the Blurb:
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An enforced day off yesterday with the power out for maintenance meant some reading catching up.
From the Blurb:
Police sergeant Harry Brent, working in Queenstown, New Zealand is accidentally shot by a hunter. While still on light duties he is posted to the Christchurch office to work on cold cases.
What does the difference between the shadows mean? Who is the body in the trench at Tekapo Military Camp? Harry’s eye for detail and his need to know set him on the path to answering these questions.
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A novella squeezed in amongst other things. Okay other things I should have been doing but still...
From the Blurb:
Sixteen-year old Heidi has always dreamed of being a society photographer for the rich and famous. Instead, her first film project plunges her into a world of subterfuge as she joins a courageous group of teenage protesters committed to saving orangutans in the wild.
Karen Chisholm
Another from the staggeringly varied #yeahnoir pile
From the Blurb:
It's Broadway in Reefton, the new, booming 1870s gold town.
Suspiciously, Gordon Trembath, a naive young police constable has been left in charge over Christmas and New Year. He is immediately faced with investigating a murder carried out by sly-groggers in the valley.
In the meantime, the town has been invaded by "a collection of scamps, card sharps, liars and chats who have come to town for the pickings available in the holiday season."
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From the was reading pile, this is fascinating.
From The Blurb:
Minnie Dean: the first – and only – woman to be hanged in New Zealand. Baby farmer and child murderer, or hardworking wife and mother, supporting her family by caring for unwanted children in a society that shunned her?
Karen Zelas explores the trials of Minnie Dean using a myriad of voices, including Dean’s own, from her childhood in Scotland to the gallows in Invercargill, 1895.
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And we're caught up for the moment - currently reading this one.
From the Blurb:
On Sundays peace was restored. He would lie down, dream and remember. He would enjoy. And later on the bell would ring. He would get up and walk downstairs. He would open the front door. And his life would come to an end . . .
Garda Inspector Michael McLoughlin is trying to enjoy his retirement – doing a bit of PI work on the side, meeting up with former colleagues, fixing up a grand old house in a genteel Dublin suburb near the sea.
Karen Chisholm
Another from the previously reading pile.
From the Blurb:
When Dean Bradley is brutally murdered for his new shoes, undertaker Ken Tamati does a lovely job on the corpse — but next morning, the body has vanished from the funeral parlour.
That day, a mysterious figure — witnesses give wildly conflicting descriptions — begins rescuing victims of assault all over Auckland and healing their horrific injuries with a dazzling light. They call him the Rainbow Man.
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Another from the past overdue for mention pile.
From the Blurb:
Martin Fallaway is dying. With no family to whom he can leave his surplus fortune, he holds a contest on his tropical island, where ten families compete to be the last team left in order to claim the prize of thirty million dollars.
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From the piles of reading, sod all blogging I've been doing recently.
From the Blurb:
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From the wonderfulness that is the pile of New Zealand Crime fiction.
From the Blurb:
‘Cynthia can understand how Anahera feels just by looking at her body.’
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It's that time of the year where posting becomes erratic and reading consumes every spare moment. Sometimes life is hard ;)
From the Blurb:
“There was Polly’s tokotoko on the ground. Carved and polished, with its eel head, the snout inlaid with pāua. Alexia picked it up and cracked it across the cop’s shoulders. She raised it again and hit and hit. She would stop this.”
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Started this over the weekend - new crime fiction after a long break from Stella Duffy.
From the Blurb:
Life is good for Laurie and Martha. They have three great kids, a much-loved home in the countryside, and after years of struggle, Laura's career as an architect is taking off at last. Everything's perfect.
Except, it isn't.
Someone is about to walk into their happy family and tear it apart.
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Read this one last week. Obviously behind with the mentions!
From the Blurb:
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Diving into my New Zealand piles at the moment, this one became this weekend's reading for no particular reason.
From the Blurb:
He’s lost his wife, his job, and his mana. So what now? A PI? He really couldn’t get used to it. Traipsing around after unfaithful wives and little old ladies’ lost dogs? Was this the future for Carlos Wallace? And what of the beautiful matakite? Wasn’t it a sin to fall in love with your cousin?
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A two sitting read from 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award winner. There's something about this author's work ...
From the Blurb:
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Another from New Zealand - this time set in a small town hiding lots of old secrets.
From the Blurb:
The body of missing tourist Bethany Haliwell is found in the small Coromandel town of Castle Bay, where nothing bad ever happens. News crews and journalists from all over the country descend on the small seaside town as old secrets are dragged up and gossip is taken as gospel.
Among them is Miller Hatcher, a journalist battling her own demons, who arrives intent on gaining a promotion by covering the grisly murder.
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One from the more recent piles because it intrigued, and now it's really compelling.
From the Blurb:
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There’s fresh blood aplenty in the local crime writing ranks and the usual suspects were nowhere to be found as the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists were named on Monday.
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Late in mentioning this one, particularly as I've been reading and re-reading it a couple of times now.
From the Blurb:
Murder, political intrigue, bent cops and the fate of a nation - a thriller set in the murky underworld of 1951 New Zealand.
A man overboard, a murder and a lot of loose ends ...
In Auckland 1951 the workers and the government are heading for bloody confrontation and the waterfront is the frontline. But this is a war with more than two sides and nothing is what it seems.
Karen Chisholm
A new series from Ned Kelly winning author Alan Carter, this time set in New Zealand.
From the Blurb:
Nick Chester is working as a sergeant for the Havelock police in the Marlborough Sound, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island. If the river isn’t flooded and the land hasn’t slipped, it’s paradise. Unless you are also hiding from a ruthless man with a grudge, in which case, remote beauty has its own kind of danger. In the last couple of weeks, two local boys have vanished. Their bodies are found, but the Pied Piper is still at large.
Review Written By
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, February 16, 2017