Death in Hilo
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- $249.00
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- $249.00
Descripción editorial
ITW Finalist Eric Redman is back in this thrilling second installment of his Hawaiian murder mystery series, perfect for fans of Anne Hillerman.
When bodies start piling up and the list of suspects growing long, Detective Kawika Wong must dig into his own past to solve a Big Island murder.
It’s been twelve long years since Detective Kawika Wong was tasked with solving the brutal murder of the infamous real-estate developer Ralph Fortunato—a case that led to more bodies than answers and a slew of complicated and ancient secrets, a case that made his career. Now, the once rookie detective is next in line to be Honolulu’s next Chief of Police. But all is not well on Oʻahu or the Big Island.
For weeks, Kawika and his team have failed to catch an elusive serial killer known as the “Slasher.” He strikes quickly and efficiently, and he doesn’t make mistakes. But when a freshly decapitated body is found at a previous dump site, Kawika’s gut tells him something isn’t quite right. Who is this victim, and why does Kawika feel that this one doesn’t belong to the Slasher?
To make matters worse, a hungry young journalist, Zoë Akona, is investigating the questionable outcome Kawika and his then-superior Terry Tanaka produced in the Fortunato case, and her snooping leads to an official review that jeopardizes everything Kawika’s worked so hard for.
But Detective Wong knows that, no matter what, he must find a second murderer even while the “Slasher” continues to strike. The investigation takes him back to the Big Island – and to the long-dormant case the reporter Zoë Akona won’t leave alone. Kawika is about to discover what happens when the secrets of the past catch up with the promises of his future.
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Redman's sturdy second mystery featuring Maj. Kawika Wong (after Bones of Hilo) finds the Honolulu detective juggling grisly cases past and present. When a serial killer nicknamed the Kapi‘olani Park Slasher kills five locals seemingly at random and dumps their bodies in Kapi‘olani Park, Wong shirks his traditional supervisor role to investigate. The discovery of a sixth body in Kapi‘olani with its head and hands missing—distinguishing it from the earlier corpses—leads Wong to consider the possibility of a copycat killer. Complicating matters even further is renewed public scrutiny of a high-profile case Wong solved 12 years earlier. Wong's efforts led career criminal Michael Cushing to confess to hiring a hit man to kill three people, including shady real estate developer Ralph Fortunato. On the eve of Cushing's release from prison, however, he recants part of his confession, claiming someone else murdered Fortunato. Meanwhile, pressure mounts to catch the Slasher and the potential imitator. Redman juggles the plotlines nimbly, creating palpable stakes for Wong while keeping readers guessing about the truth behind each slaying. Fans of Naomi Hirahara's Leilani Santiago Hawai‘i Mysteries should give this a spin.
