We have copies of all six of these new releases to give away. To be in to win, email competitions@nzmcd.co.nz or send us a message on Facebook.com/mcdmagazine, letting us know which book you’d like. We’ll draw the winners on September 20, 2022.
The Bullet That Missed (The Thursday Murder Club 3)
Richard Osman
Penguin Random House
RRP $37.00
Popular British comedian, television producer, host and author Richard Osman is well known for his fabulous humour and incredible knowledge of trivia. The Bullet That Missed is the third book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club, and just as entertaining as the author himself. It’s an ordinary Thursday, and things should be getting back to normal… but a decade-old cold case leads the Thursday Murder Club to a local news legend, and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit, with a mission – to kill, or be killed. As the cold case turns white-hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from both old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?
Wild Coasts: Exploring Aotearoa’s Marine Reserves
Ned Barraud
Potton & Burton
RRP $21.99
Aotearoa New Zealand is renowned for its stunning wild coasts and abundant sea life, but after decades of overfishing, some of our marine ecosystems are under serious threat. A crucial response to this decimation has been the creation of 44 marine reserves around our shores. Wild Coasts explores six of our most spectacular reserves: Goat Island (Auckland), Poor Knights Islands (Northland), Taputeranga (Wellington), Hikurangi (Kaikoura), Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) and Ulva Island (Stewart Island/Rakiura). This book is full of fascinating information, as well as some wonderful illustrations of the fabulous sea life that can be found in our marine reserves. Written for young people by acclaimed author Ned Barraud, this is a tribute to our safe aquatic reserves that will hopefully ensure our marine ecosystem remains strong and healthy for generations to come.
There were a dozen witnesses to Denny Tran’s murder in a busy Sydney restaurant – so how come no-one saw anything? Ky Tran will forever regret persuading her parents to let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation. That fateful night in 1996, the optimistic, guileless, brilliant Denny brutally loses his life in Cabramatta, a Sydney suburb that’s facing violent crime, an indifferent police force and the worst heroin epidemic in Australian history. But why, if so many people were eating at Lucky 8 restaurant, did every bystander claim to know nothing? To assuage her guilt, Ky must track down the witnesses herself, leading her to learn about more layers of her home that were planted long before that fateful celebration dinner. This debut novel by New York-based Australian writer Tracey Lien is both heart-stopping thriller and an exploration of the complicated bonds and obligations of friendship, family, culture and community.
Fire and Blood
George R.R. Martin
HarperCollins
RRP $25.00
Game of Thrones fans will be champing at the bit to get their hands on this first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros. Centuries before the events of A Game Of Thrones, House Targaryen – the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria – took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire and Blood begins their tale with Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and recounts the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war which nearly tore their dynasty apart. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why did it become so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? And what is the origin of Daenerys’s three dragon eggs? All this and more is answered in this dynamic, bloody and fascinating narrative, related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring beautiful illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley.
The Best Of Queenstown & The Southern Lakes / The Best Of Coromandel
Photographs by Bob McCree
Bateman Books
RRP $19.99 each
This gorgeous little book duo belongs in every RV. Designed to fit into the smallest of spaces, these books showcase some of what these two areas of the country have to offer. Beautifully photographed by award-winning photographer Bob McCree, these beauties capture everything the areas have to offer in pictures. The Best of Coromandel starts its at the historic goldmining town of Thames, travelling along the west coast through Coromandel Township to Port Jackson at the peninsula’s northern tip, continuing along the east coast and its popular holiday destinations and back to the goldmining town of Waihi. The Best of Queenstown and the Southern Lakes starts in Queenstown before heading to many of the beautiful shores and valleys, Kawerau Gorge, Lake Wakatipu and much more. At the back of each book, a map shows where the photographs were taken. Great books for making your RV itinerary!
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