Mahu Surfer
Mahu Investigations, #2
Reeks: Mahu Investigations
Neil S. Plakcy
- MAHU
- SURFER,
- thesecond
- book
- Neil
- Plakcy's
- Mahu
- Investigations
- mystery
- series,
- sends
- gay
- Honolulu
- homicide
- detective
- Kimo
- Kanapa'aka
- back
- to
- his
- surfing
- past.
- His
- new
- boss
- asks
- the
- former
- competitive
- surfer
- to
- go
- undercover
- on
- Oahu's
- North
- Shore
- to
- find
- the
- killer
- of
- three
- surfers.
- The
- catch:
- he
- can't
- tell
- any
- of
- his
- family
- or
- friends
- that
- he
- has
- returned
- to
- the
- force,
- causing
- him
- to
- lie,
- when
- he
- has
- just
- come
- out
- of
- the
- closet
- and
- begun
- to
- tell
- the
- truth
- about
- his
- life.In
- his
- return
- to
- the
- North
- Shore,
- Kimo
- discovers
- trouble
- in
- paradise,
- from
- an
- epidemic
- rise
- in
- the
- use
- of
- crystal
- meth
- to
- increasing
- pressure
- on
- real
- estate
- prices.
- He
- also
- rekindles
- an
- uneasy
- friendship
- with
- a
- man
- whose
- sexual
- assault
- drove
- him
- into
- the
- police
- academy,
- and
- further
- into
- the
- closet,
- six
- years
- earlier.
- Readers
- will
- enjoy
- an
- exotic
- locale,
- plenty
- of
- aloha
- spirit
- and
- a
- dash
- of
- surf
- culture,
- as
- well
- as
- a
- slam-bang
- ending.Finalist
- for
- the
- Lambda
- Literary
- Award
- for
- best
- gay
- mystery.
- Perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- Joseph
- Hansen,
- Michael
- Nava,
- and
- John
- Morgan
- Wilson.What
- the
- critics
- have
- said
- about
- the
- Mahu
- Investigations:"Plakcy
- keeps
- the
- waves
- of
- suspense
- crashing!"
- In
- LA
- Magazine"Hits
- all
- the
- right
- notes
- as
- a
- mystery."
- Mystery
- Book
- News"Kimo
- brings
- needed
- diversity
- to
- the
- genre,
- and
- the
- author
- handles
- the
- island
- setting
- well."
- Honolulu
- Star-Bulletin"Spotless
- pace,
- intriguing
- plots
- twists,
- and
- an
- earnest
- depiction
- of
- challenges
- faced
- by
- people
- transitioning
- out
- of
- the
- closet."
- Honolulu
- Advertiser"Recommended
- to
- a
- wide
- audience."
-
- Reviewing
- the Evidenc
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