Author: robertmccaw

“Robert McCaw has the touch” (Steve Berry). In Hilo, Hawaii, chief detective Koa Kane’s personal crusade to get his dying brother out of prison becomes entangled with his search for the perpetrators of a long-brewing conspiracy. “Interesting local details and a crackling pace” (Kirkus Reviews).

Someone’s found a body at Pohakuloa, the army’s live-fire training area. Bearing all the marks of ancient ritual sacrifice—the murder is the grisliest of Detective Koa Kane’s career. The bizarre case draws Koa deep into his own Hawaiian roots. As Koa probes the victim’s past, he must sort through a rich roster of suspects—grave robbers, native activists, thieves, and star gazers. Koa surmounts a … a host of obstacles as he pursues the murderer—an incompetent local medical examiner, hostility from haoles (Westerners) and sovereignty advocates, and myriad lies. Did the victim stumble upon a gang of high-tech archaeological thieves? Or…