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Kicking off a debut series set in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Available 7th September 2025.

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Kim's work is on show at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū as part of the Spiral Collectives exhibition, running until 7 December 2025.

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Kim on the radio

Guest spot with Fiona and Sue on the Quilted Bananas radio show, 3rd August 2025.

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Ngaio Marsh Awards 2025: Mystery In The Library events

Three library-based panel events with fellow crime writers, two of them chaired by Kim.

Lower Hutt, Carterton & Paraparaumu, April - May 2025.

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Kim Hunt writes about the sort of kick-ass female protagonists you rarely see in crime fiction.

Working class heroes. Fierce femmes. Gender outlaws and precious misfits. Readers are propelled through gritty Antipodean road trips, urban cityscapes and endless tracts of coastal forest: a body dumpers paradise.

Kim Hunt holds a mic and speaks to an audience. Her first book, The Beautiful Dead, is displayed in front of her.

The Corrector was released on 7th September 2025 and is Kim's first book set in Aotearoa NZ. It kick starts the Evin Hart series, introducing a new cast of characters.

The Cal Nyx Mystery Thriller series began in 2020 with The Beautiful Dead, followed by The Quarry (2023) and The Freezer (2024).

The Ngaio Marsh Awards recognized The Beautiful Dead when it was shortlisted for Best First Novel in 2021 with The Quarry being longlisted in 2024. A fourth Cal Nyx mystery thriller is also underway.

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