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KlappentextAs Maui detective Kali Mhoe investigates a bizarre ritual murder near Hawaii's Haleakala Volcano, the hard facts collide with local legends of spirit possession and sorcery in celebrated travel writer Debra Bokur's third Dark Paradise Mystery…
In a remote, mountainous area of a Maui forest near Haleakala volcano, the naked body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree. The nostrils, mouth, and lungs are packed with lava sand. Her hands are bound in twine. Her feet are charred and blackened, suggesting a fire-walking ceremony. For Detective Kali Mhoe, all signs point toward ritual torture and murder.
But Kali's investigation leads her down a winding trail of seemingly unconnected clues-from the hanging tree itself, a rare rainbow eucalyptus, to rumors of a witch haunting the high areas of the forest, to the legend of the ancient Hawaiian sorceress Pahulu, goddess of nightmares. Casting a shadow over it all-the possibility of a Sitting God, a spirit said to invade and possess the soul. Aided by her uncle Police Captain Walter Alaka'i, Officer David Hara, and the victim's brother, Kali embarks down the darkest road of all. One that is leading to the truth of the mountain's deadly core and a dark side of the island for which even Kali is unprepared.
In a remote, mountainous area of a Maui forest near Haleakala volcano, the naked body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree. The nostrils, mouth, and lungs are packed with lava sand. Her hands are bound in twine. Her feet are charred and blackened, suggesting a fire-walking ceremony. For Detective Kali Mhoe, all signs point toward ritual torture and murder.
But Kali's investigation leads her down a winding trail of seemingly unconnected clues-from the hanging tree itself, a rare rainbow eucalyptus, to rumors of a witch haunting the high areas of the forest, to the legend of the ancient Hawaiian sorceress Pahulu, goddess of nightmares. Casting a shadow over it all-the possibility of a Sitting God, a spirit said to invade and possess the soul. Aided by her uncle Police Captain Walter Alaka'i, Officer David Hara, and the victim's brother, Kali embarks down the darkest road of all. One that is leading to the truth of the mountain's deadly core and a dark side of the island for which even Kali is unprepared.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4967-3836-3
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatMass market (rack) paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum23.05.2023
Seiten368 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 103 mm, Höhe 171 mm, Dicke 29 mm
Gewicht186 g
Artikel-Nr.59477383
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GenreKrimi/Spannung TB