The body of a woman has been found on a pristine New Zealand beach - over a decade after she was murdered.
Detective Matt Buchanan of the Auckland Police is certain it carries all the hallmarks of an unsolved crime he investigated 12 years ago: when Samantha Coates walked out one day and never came home.
Re-opening the case, Buchanan begins to piece the terrible crimes together, setting into motion a chain of events that will force him to the darkest corners of society - and back into his deepest obsession . . .
The Sound of her Voice is a brilliantly authentic police procedural by an elite former detective - shortlisted for the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel.
“Do not go gentle.”
THE SOUND OF HER VOICE is a New Zealand-set police procedural which tells the story of Auckland Detective, Matt Buchanan, a man haunted by the missing girl he couldn’t find. The discovery of the desecrated remains of another young girl sends Buchanan on a twenty year journey into the darker regions of the soul, where the trauma he experiences investigating the abuse and murders of children causes him to question his worth and envy those for whom ‘it was over.’
The violence is realistic, hard and unsettling, never gratuitous. Buchanan is flawed and makes mistakes but he is driven and suffers mentally the effects of the horrific crimes he investigates. The novel is dark with a disturbing oppressiveness reminiscent of the likes of Seven or True Detective.
Nathan Blackwell, a former NZ police officer, writes authentically about both the crimes and the devastating effects of PTSD. THE SOUND OF HER VOICE is gripping and discomfiting and is worthy of comparison with the more familiar noir offerings from Europe and America.
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