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    Bones of Hilo: A Novel
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    Bones of Hilo: A Novel

    By Eric Redman

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    ITW AWARD FINALIST, BEST FIRST NOVEL
     
    From Hawaii's Big Island to the wilds of Washington's North Cascades, a novice detective uncovers a hoard of ancient secrets at the heart of a grisly murder.

    A young, inexperienced detective from the wet, working-class side of Hawaii's Big Island, Kawika Wong faces an uphill battle to gain the respect of his more seasoned colleagues. And he has the chance of a lifetime when Ralph Fortunato, the Mainland developer of an unpopular resort on the island's tourist side, is found murdered on a luxury golf course, an ancient Hawaiian spear driven through his heart.

    With the other detectives desperately trying to solve another string of grisly killings, Captain Terry Tanaka has no choice but to send Kawika to investigate. As Kawika joins forces with his father and girlfriend to help read the signs and make sense of the ritualistic murder scene, they uncover a cache of secrets reaching far back to the Island's ancient past. And the journalist who found the body has her own theories about Fortunato's demise--but do they line up with the evidence?

    On a perilous journey that stretches from the Big Island to Washington State and back, Kawika finds danger at every turn. But he still has much to learn about Hawaii, and about the rugged terrain of the North Cascades. And he'd better learn it fast, because his instincts may not be enough to catch a killer who's closing in even faster.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCROOKED LANE BOOKS
    Release dateJun 8, 2021
    ISBN9781643857039
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    Bones of Hilo: A Novel
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    Eric Redman

    Eric Redman is a Seattle-based writer, lawyer, and climate activist who for decades has loved the Big Island of Hawaii, its history, and its people. He is a former contributing editor of Rolling Stone and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and many other publications. He wrote the nonfiction best-seller, The Dance of Legislation.

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    • 5/5
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    • 4/5
      A strong grasp of the Hawaiian language and cultural history would be a plus for anyone who reads this mystery. Detective Kawika Wong was born in Hawaii but was raised in Seattle after his parents divorced. He did spent summers with his father in Hawaii but built his career in Seattle. That is, he built it until he was overzealous and fired by the police force there.

      Kawika got a job with the police force in Hilo partly because his boss is a friend of his father who becomes his mentor. When a developer is found murdered on the fifteenth tee at a golf course on a popular resort, Kawika is given the case in part because the other case occupying the force has to do with drug dealers throwing people off a cliff for the sharks to feed on them.

      The developer is Ralph Fortunato who had a previous failed career as a developer in Washington State. He was killed with an authentic historic spear which was left in his body. The body was discovered by Patience Quinn who is a journalist who is trying to get over her recent divorce. They soon learn that there fathers were friends and they had played together as children. Now they are beginning a romantic relationship which wouldn't be a problem except for the fact the Kawika already had a girlfriend who is getting her Ph.D. and plans to write her thesis in Hawaiian. She has a goal of restoring some decimated landscape. She is also Kawika's expert on all things Hawaiian as is his father.

      There are lots of suspects including pro-Hawaiian groups that are angry that Fortunato destroyed a historic site in his quest to develop the land he bought. There are also concerns about his business practices. His second in command is also coming to realize that Fortunato may not be on the up and up and has been busy hatching plots of his own.

      Between Kawika's juggling two different women and trying to find his place in two different cultures, he manages to explore and uncover all sorts of secrets on his way to solving the murder. I was a little disappointed about the resolution of the mystery though.
    • 5/5
      artifact, family-dynamics, fraud, friendship, framed, fanatics, Hawaii, historical-places-events, historical-research, historical-setting, history-and-culture, law-enforcement, linguistics, murder, murder-investigation, relationship-issues, Washington state*****

      Detective Kawika Wong has a Hawaii cop for a father and a mother from Washington state married to a judge, which meant that he spent his school years on the mainland and summers in Hawaii. And he loves the old school mystery detectives and Poe. The imagery is to die for (sorry) but some of the gore and minimal erotica is disquieting. But the exceptional and quite realistic characters as well as the plot make it all to the good. I was riveted despite the length! I geek history and this one is just full of well researched cultural and social history with a side order of the linguistics of the islands' language. I came for the mystery (and Hawaii) but stayed for the mystery, characters, history, and some intangibles.
      I requested and received a free temporary copy from Crooked Lane Books via NetGalley. Thank you!