About this work of fiction
The lava witch. (Dark paradise mystery, #3.) by Debra Bokur is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
As Maui detective Kali Māhoe investigates a bizarre ritual murder near Hawaii's Haleakala Volcano, the hard facts collide with local legends of spirit possession and sorcery in celebrated travel writer Debra Bokur's third Dark Paradise Mystery... In a remote, mountainous area of a Maui forest near Haleakala volcano, the naked body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree. The devil is in the details: the woman's nostrils, mouth, and lungs are packed with lava sand. Her hands are bound in twine. Her feet are charred and blackened, suggesting a fire-walking ceremony. Detective Kali Māhoe's suspicions are immediately aroused. It has all the signs of a ritual torture and murder. But Kali's investigation soon leads her down a winding trail of seemingly unconnected clues and diverging paths--from the hanging tree itself, a rare rainbow eucalyptus, to rumors of a witch haunting the high areas of the forest, to the legend of the ancient Hawaiian sorceress Pahulu, goddess of nightmares. Casting a shadow over it all--the possibility of a Sitting God, a spirit said to invade and possess the soul. Aided by her uncle Police Captain Walter Alaka'i, Officer David Hara, and the victim's broth
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- Author
- Debra Bokur
- Publisher
- A Dark Paradise Mystery
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781496737854
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Mystery, Thriller, Thrillers