Mahu Blood

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kimo's Hawaiian heritage comes to the fore in this deadly investigation</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa'aka and his partner Ray Donne are on duty at a rally in downtown Honolulu organized by Kingdom of Hawai'i one of many competing groups which seek reparations from the US for the loss of land and independence. An elderly woman is shot dead there only a few feet from where Kimo's mother and nephews are taking part in the demonstration and Kimo and Ray take the case. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>At the same time Kimo's dealing with domestic difficulties having just moved in with his partner fire investigator Mike Riccardi. Since both are alpha males the transition to shared living space isn't easy especially because Mike's parents live next door. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As Kimo and Mike struggle to adapt to living together they begin to forge their own ohana-a Hawaiian term which means family as well as community. The theme of ohana resonates through both Kimo's personal life and his investigation of the murder as Kimo and Ray follow clues through a labyrinth of competing groups uncovering a trail of gambling money laundering and mental illness. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The title refers both to the blood spilled in three murders as well as the blood ties that link native Hawaiians to each other. People come together in many ways here-through native heritage and family ties as well as love and fellowship. </span></p><p></p>