Bloodlines - Nelson Arts Festival
208 Bridge St, Nelson, Nelson / Tasman
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Esteemed Aotearoa playwright and author Renée (Ngāti Kahungunu) wrote and published her first crime novel when she was 90. Blood Matters is the riveting sequel to the 2020 Ngaio Marsh finalist The Wild Card, and is another tale of Porohiwi, a small town that doesn't yield its secrets without a fight. Becky Manawatu (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha) the author of bestselling novel Auē, will interview her mentor.
The Wild Card was published by Cuba Press in 2019 and, after being shortlisted for the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards, was snapped up by Joffe Books UK in an international two-book deal for the worldwide English language rights (exclusive of Aotearoa).
Blood Matters is the second crime novel to be written by Renée, who is now 93 and lives in Ōtaki, which gives her a special insight into small-town Aotearoa.
In this riveting sequel, Renée’s protagonist Puti Derrell likes running at midnight. During lockdown it was safe but now lockdown is over and Porohiwi doesn’t feel safe anymore – especially when she discovers her estranged grandfather has been murdered.
Puti's already got a lot on her mind. She’s just lost her sister Ana and as a result she's the guardian of her ten-year-old niece, Bella Rose, who wants to be a private investigator when she grows up, and the new owner of Ana's secondhand bookshop Mainly Crime. On top of that her grandfather’s murder has a strange twist – his body was left wearing a Judas mask. Blood matters takes on a whole new meaning as Puti and Bella Rose are pulled into the hunt for the murderer and for another mask that vanished some years before and might hold a clue. Once again, this is a tale of Porohiwi, a small town that doesn't yield its secrets without a fight.
Content Warnings: Violence, murder
This event is part of the 2022 Nelson Arts Festival.
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