Senior Stuff journalist Martin van Beynen’s book black hands has won this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award in the category of best non-fiction.
The book tells the story of the Bain family murders, one of New Zealand’s most controversial criminal cases, and thoroughly investigates the massacre that divided a nation.
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It follows the release of van Beynen’s in 2017 black hands podcast, which was downloaded more than 5 million times and topped charts worldwide.
Another place, Brannavan Gnanalingam’s Branches claimed the top overall prize while Brian Falkners Katipo Joe won best children / young adult book, and Chris Stuarts For my own reasons won best first novel.
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Stuff senior reporter Martin van Beynen’s Black Hands has been named best non-fiction detective in this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards.