Cult Of Ku: A Hawaiian Murder Mystery

Synopsis

When War Hero Grant Kingsley Returns To His Honolulu Home In 1920 He Learns His Social Standing In The Caucasian Sugar Planter Power Structure Is Threatened By The Possibility That His True Father Was Native Hawaiian. This Is Unacceptable In His Social World And Makes Him The Prime Suspect When His Grandmother Is Murdered In A Brutal Ritualistic Style Of Human Sacrifice. Released From Jail He Seeks The Killer. The Search Leads To The Criminal Underworld, Anti-union Violence Against Sugar Workers, Recruitment As A Spy On Japanese Expansion In The South Pacific, Local Surfers, The Forbidden Martial Art Of Lua, And Meeting A Beautiful And Independent-minded Eurasian Scholar. As More Murders Occur In The Same Brutal Style Grant's Arrest Is Imminent. Can He Prove His Innocence? Will Time Run Out? Will His Ancestry Doom Him? Will His Father Reject Him? The Last Murder Victim Is Dragged To A Heiau (temple) Near The Ocean While Grant Frantically Races To The Scene. A Dramatic Fight Near Crashing Waves Uncovers The Identity Of The Killer And A Surprising Motive.