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Bokur, Debra,

Dark paradise mystery. The fire thief / 01 : Fire thief Debra Bokur. - First Kensington hardcover edition. - New York : Kensington Books, 2020. - 262 pages ; 22 cm. - Dark paradise mystery 1 . - Dark paradise mystery ; 1 . - Bokur, Debra. Dark paradise mystery ; 1. .

Under a promising morning sky, police captain Walter Alaka'i makes a tragic discovery: the body of a teenage surfer bobbing among the lava rocks of Maui's southeastern shore. It appears to be an ill-fated accident, but closer inspection reveals something far more sinister than the results of a savage wave gone wrong. Now that Alaka'i is looking at a homicide, he solicits the help of his niece, Detective Kali Mahoe. The granddaughter of one of Hawaii's most respected spiritual leaders, and on the transcendent path to becoming a kahu To uncover a motive and find the killer, Kali leans on her skills at logic and detection. But she must also draw on her own personal history with the uncanny legends of the islands. Now, as the skies above Maui grow darker, and as she balances reason and superstition, Kali can only wonder: Who'll be the next to die? And who--or what--is she even on the trail of?

ISBN: 9781496727725 149672772X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Police--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Hawaii--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6