Name: Blood by the Bombays - Pukekohe MITL
Start: 2026-04-18T04:00:00+12:00
Location: Pukekohe Library (Pukekohe)

Do you enjoy mysteries and thrills? This April, the popular Mystery in the Library series of author events comes to Pukekohe.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Auckland Libraries, invite booklovers to this free event; a thrilling afternoon of criminally good korero with five talented Kiwi writers.
Past Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel finalist Nikki Crutchley will chair Waiuku cosy mystery writer Naomi Kuttner South Auckland police detective and private investigator turned kids' mystery writer Angus McLean, bestselling debut thriller novelist Rachel Paris, and NZ Booklovers Awards winner Kirsty Powell in a fun and fascinating korero on the art and craft of page-turning writing, creating memorable characters, and the impact of setting.
WHEN: Saturday, 18 April 2025
WHERE: Pukekohe Library, 12 Massey Avenue, Pukekohe,
WHEN: 2pm
Free entry, but RSVP to [email protected]
Naomi is a Waiuku author of urban fantasy and cosy mysteries. She spends her free time (ha!) raising her twins, writing, taking the dog to the beach, and getting out on the water whenever possible. Last year she launched a paranormal cosy mystery series, with THE RETIRED ASSASSIN'S GUIDE TO COUNTRY GARDENING. The third novel in that series, THE RETIRED ASSASSIN'S GUIDE TO AMATEUR THEATRICS, will be published later in 2026.
Nikki is a Cambridge writer and former librarian who was a Ngaio Marsh Awards finalist for her debut mystery NOTHING BAD HAPPENS HERE, set in a small Coromandel town. Nikki has written five novels, twice been regional winner of National Flash Fiction Day, and had her short stories published in various journals, and Australasian crime and thriller anthology DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER. Her latest novel is rural Gothic mystery IN HER BLOOD
Angus is a retired South Auckland detective, private investigator, and author of more than 30 books ranging across action thrillers, mystery, spy, private eye and wartime novels, dystopian tales, and recently, the Bow Street Runners series of middle grade mysteries for younger readers. His newest book is COP IT WRITE! a handbook for authors on police procedures and related matters.
Rachel came to writing after a successful 20-year career in law, specialising in fintech and working as a commercial lawyer in London and Auckland. She holds a Master of Laws from Harvard and a Master of Creative Writing from the University of Auckland, where she won the inaugural Phoenix Prize for best manuscript. Her debut novel SEE HOW THEY FALL, a pacy thriller set in contemporary Sydney, was published in Australasia, Europe, and the United States last year.
Kirsty grew up in a rural community near Eketahuna, and likes to write 'real New Zealand characters' into her fiction, poems, and short stories. She has a Masters of Creative Writing (AUT) and her short stories have been published in Fresh Ink anthologies. Her debut novel, THE STRENGTH OF EGGSHELLS was published in 2019, and its sequel THE STRENGTH OF OLD SHALE last year. Kirsty is also one of the recipients of a 2026 Michael King Writers Centre residency.