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For his latest novel, Chris Blake has stepped out from behind the pseudonym with which he published his first.
He used it to distance himself from his day job as a detective with the New Zealand Police - he heads up the Behavioural Science Unit .
Chris' debut novel The Sound of Her Voice was a double finalist in the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Awards and introduced us to his main character, an Auckland-based detective called Matt Buchanan.
Softly Calls the Devil follows Matt to the rugged West Coast of the South Island, where his peaceful life as a sole-charge officer is about to be interrupted.
His predecessor is found dead, and Matt is dragged into two decades-old cold cases - one of a family who went missing in the bush and the death of a French backpacker.
Chris joins Kathryn to talk about how he balances police work with writing.
