Murder on Moloka‘i
 When
Boston heiress Adrienne Ridgely strides into his Honolulu office, “Surfing
Detective” Kai Cooke likes what he sees, but doubts what
he hears. Adrienne’s sister, environmental activist Sara
Ridgely-Parke, plunged to her death from
a mule on Moloka‘i – the
first fatal incident on the soaring cliffs above Kalaupapa’s
fabled leper colony. Murder, cries Adrienne, perpetrated by Sara’s
ex-husband, developer J. Gregory Parke. Cooke flies to Moloka‘i,
tracking tantalizing leads to an unlikely murder that, despite
himself, he starts to believe in.
Was the mule prodded or spooked or drugged? Did Parke do it
for vengeance, or Adrienne for an inheritance, as Parke alleges?
Soon Kai uncovers
a motive more noxious than either of these – entangling him
in the shady dealings of big-time developers, corrupt politicians,
and underworld thugs. As he hops from island to island seeking a
pivotal clue, the clock ticks down on more than the P.I.’s
case or even his own life. The future of Moloka‘i itself
is at stake.
(Island Heritage, 2004)
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