Return of the Ghost Killer (Volume I of The Ghost Killer Trilogy)

Return of the Ghost Killer is Volume I of The Ghost Killer Trilogy, a contemporary novel series inspired by the 15th-century Hawaiian legend of Lana‘ i’ s ghost killer. Set against the lush backdrop of modern Lana‘ i, this first volume follows the descendants of pineapple workers, fishermen, maids, cowboys, cooks, and clerks, all entangled in a gripping community saga. When an island-wide search for an elderly hero of the plantation era coincides with the mysterious death of the island’ s notorious “ bad boy,” the investigation forces residents to confront their own personal ghosts— of memory, imagination, dream, and regret. The haunted include a disabled athlete convinced he is unworthy of the woman he has always loved, a divorced mother returning to the island with two children, a former boom spray operator with a failing heart and unsettling visions, an autistic-seeming 11-year-old searching for a father he has never known, and a centenarian pensioner tormented by both tragedy and fantastical dreams. Together, their stories paint a vivid, haunting portrait of contemporary Lana‘ i, where past and present, myth and reality, collide.