{"product_id":"book-hkva","title":"Mahu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gay police detective investigates the dark corners of sunlit O'ahu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahu---a generally negative Hawaiian term for homosexuals---introduces a unique character to detective fiction. Kimo Kanapa'aka is a handsome, mixed-race surfer living in Honolulu, a police detective confronting his homosexuality in an atmosphere of macho bravado within the police force. A man of intelligence, strength, honesty, resourcefulness, and intense dedication to the people of Hawaii, Kimo is a hard-boiled hero you will never forget. Fast-paced, intricately plotted, thoroughly enjoyable, this is a sexy, surprisingly moving mystery about discovering oneself as much as catching a killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimo Kanapa'aka's world turns upside down in \u003cem\u003eMahu\u003c\/em\u003e. At 32, the hero of Māhū has reached the pinnacle of his profession, detective on the Honolulu Police Department's homicide squad, based at the Waikīkī station. But a difficult murder case, as well as turmoil in his personal life, is about to threaten everything he has worked for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA life-threatening drug bust in chapter 1 makes Kimo realize that it's time to stop lying to himself. He's drawn to the Rod and Reel Club, a gay bar in Waikīkī, where he has a couple of beers and begins the long process of accepting his attraction to other men. Leaving the club, though, he stumbles onto two men dropping a dead body in an alley, and he launches himself into a nightmare where his private life becomes public news.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimo's pursuit of this case takes him from the seamy underside of Chinatown to the elegance of million-dollar homes in Maunalani Heights, from gay bars where young men stride naked down runways to bloody crime scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49408279216432,"sku":"BDhkva","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hkva-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773102375","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hkva","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}