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Kim Hunt

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Crime, Mystery, Gay and Lesbian

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Kim Hunt’s debut crime novel, The Beautiful Dead, introduced her kick-ass, can-do protagonist, park ranger Cal Nyx. It was released in 2020 by Bloodhound Books UK and was shortlisted for Best First Novel in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards. Her second-in-series Cal Nyx mystery, The Quarry, was published under the Spiral Collectives imprint in mid-2023 and has been long-listed for the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best Novel.
Kim was named runner-up in the US-based Sisters in Crime 2023 Pride Awards for Emerging LGBTQIA+ Crime Writers.
A third Cal Nyx novel, The Freezer, is due for publication in late 2024.
A standalone novel set in NZ, The Corrector, will be published in early 2025.
Proudly working-class, Kim spent the 1990s as a floor and wall tiler ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 95 ratings · 37 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Beautiful Dead (Cal Nyx Mystery/Thriller, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quarry (Cal Nyx #2) 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Freezer (Cal Nyx Mystery/thrillers, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mischance Creek (Hirsch series 5)

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