2002 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (nominee)
Pilikia means "trouble" in the Hawiian language and pilikia is exactly what private investigator finds on the mean streets of Honolulu. What starts off as a simple assignment to find a missing young boy who is the object of a custody battle turns into a fight for survival as death threats come in and bodies drop.
Val's task pits her against a prominent feminist activist, a politically-connected clergyman and members of a powerful local family. The case takes Val from the canyons of downtown Honolulu to the leper colony of Molokai and back again with a killer dogging her footsteps the entire way.
Genre: Mystery
Val's task pits her against a prominent feminist activist, a politically-connected clergyman and members of a powerful local family. The case takes Val from the canyons of downtown Honolulu to the leper colony of Molokai and back again with a killer dogging her footsteps the entire way.
Genre: Mystery
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