13 May 2025

An Evening in Crime: Dervla McTiernan and Michael Bennett

Join international bestselling crime writers Dervla McTiernan and Michael Bennett at Tūranga Christchurch Libraries for a night of riveting discussion.

While bestselling and award-winning Irish crime writer and former lawyer Dervla McTiernan is now based in Australia, her books are still set in her native Ireland. Her much-anticipated new novel in the Cormac Reilly series, The Unquiet Grave, is a white-knuckle thriller set in Galway.

Michael Bennett’s (Ngati Pikiao, Ngati Whakaue) Carved in Blood is a gritty crime novel, which sees the return of tenacious Maori investigator Hana Westerman from his award-winning Better the Blood.

McTiernan and Bennett not only write strong and compelling lead characters, their books brim with a powerful sense of place and culture. They come together with Liz Grant to discuss their work.

A WORD Christchurch event. Supported by HarperCollins New Zealand.

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While bestselling and award-winning Irish crime writer and former lawyer Dervla McTiernan is now based in Australia, her books are still set in her native Ireland. Her much-anticipated new novel in the Cormac Reilly series, The Unquiet Grave, is a white-knuckle thriller set in Galway.

Michael Bennett’s (Ngati Pikiao, Ngati Whakaue) Carved in Blood is a gritty crime novel, which sees the return of tenacious Maori investigator Hana Westerman from his award-winning Better the Blood.

McTiernan and Bennett not only write strong and compelling lead characters, their books brim with a powerful sense of place and culture. They come together with Liz Grant to discuss their work.

A WORD Christchurch event. Supported by HarperCollins New Zealand.

Location
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central

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