Mahu Blood
Mahu Investigations, #5
Reeks: Mahu Investigations
Neil S. Plakcy
- Openly
- gay
- Honolulu
- homicide
- detective
- Kimo
- Kanapa'aka
- and
- his
- partner,
- Ray
- Donne,
- are
- on
- duty
- at
- a
- rally
- in
- downtown
- Honolulu
- organized
- by
- Kingdom
- of
- Hawai'i,
- one
- of
- many
- competing
- groups
- which
- seek
- reparations
- from
- the
- US
- for
- the
- loss
- of
- land
- and
- independence.
- An
- elderly
- woman
- is
- shot
- dead
- there,
- only
- a
- few
- feet
- from
- where
- Kimo's
- mother
- and
- nephews
- are
- taking
- part
- in
- the
- demonstration,
- and
- Kimo
- and
- Ray
- take
- the
- case.At
- the
- same
- time,
- Kimo's
- dealing
- with
- domestic
- difficulties,
- having
- just
- moved
- in
- with
- his
- partner,
- fire
- investigator
- Mike
- Riccardi.
- Since
- both
- are
- alpha
- males,
- the
- transition
- to
- shared
- living
- space
- isn't
- easy,
- especially
- because
- Mike's
- parents
- live
- next
- door.As
- Kimo
- and
- Mike
- struggle
- to
- adapt
- to
- living
- together,
- they
- begin
- to
- forge
- their
- own
- ohana—a
- Hawaiian
- term
- which
- means
- family,
- as
- well
- as
- community.
- The
- theme
- of
- ohana
- resonates
- through
- both
- Kimo's
- personal
- life
- and
- his
- investigation
- of
- the
- murder
- as
- Kimo
- and
- Ray
- follow
- clues
- through
- a
- labyrinth
- of
- competing
- groups,
- uncovering
- a
- trail
- of
- gambling,
- money
- laundering,
- and
- mental
- illness.The
- title
- refers
- both
- to
- the
- blood
- spilled
- in
- three
- murders,
- as
- well
- as
- the
- blood
- ties
- that
- link
- native
- Hawaiians
- to
- each
- other.
- People
- come
- together
- in
- many
- ways
- here—through
- native
- heritage
- and
- family
- ties
- as
- well
- as
- love
- and
- fellowship."Plakcy's
- storytelling
- is
- tight,
- flawlessly
- executed,
- eminently
- interesting
- and
- inspiring."
- George
- Seaton,
- Out
- in
- Print.*"*Neil
- S.
- Plakcy's
- Mahu
- series
- is
- one
- of
- my
- favorites."
- Melanie
- M,
- reviewer
- at
- Joyfully
- Jay."To
- the
- mystery
- genre,
- Kimo
- Kanapa'
- aka
- is
- a
- refreshing
- tropical
- breeze."
- Janie
- Franz,
- MyShelfBooks
- in
- the
- Mahu
- series
- have
- reached
- the
- finalist
- stage
- for
- the
- Lambda
- Literary
- Awards
- as
- well
- as
- winning
- mystery
- fan
- awards
- and
- acclaim
- from
- mainstream
- publications
- such
- as
- Kirkus
- Reviews
- and
- Library Journal.
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