Crime Fiction
'Nothing I write is real, but everything's true'
Motueka police officer Stefen Harris leads a double life as a frontline responder and an award-winning writer and film director who's worked with Mel Gibson, Mark Hadlow and Jed Brophy, among others… Video, Audio
Crime novelist Tess Gerritsen on best selling "Rizzoli & Isles"
Bestselling Crime novelist Tess Gerritsen has sold millions of books around the world. Her popular duo of homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are back after a five-year… Audio
Murder in the Far North. Call DI Bradshaw
Aotearoa's latest literary sleuth, D.I. Nyree Bradshaw is faced by a mystifying and culturally challenging case in Catherine Lea's thriller The Water's Dead. The DI and her team are in a race against… Audio
Wellington crime writer Anne Harré
It's taken a while but finally Wellington joins New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Paul Cleave's Christchurch as a cool crime novel city. As Anne Harre described it: "Dig a little deeper and the… Audio
Chinese thriller the latest in wave of crime novels
Death Notice by Zhou Haohui is the latest in a growing sub-genre of Chinese crime thrillers. Entertaining, fast-paced and a novel with just enough Chinese characteristics to keep things interesting…
Winners - Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel
Announced at the 2016 WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival, the 7th Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel had a record number of entries this year, and a brand new award for debut authors… Audio