The Bone Field

Celebrated travel writer Debra Bokur reveals the dark side of paradise while exploring the nuanced culture and captivating beauty of Hawaii in The Bone Field, the second installment in her acclaimed series featuring Maui detective and Hawaiian cultural expert Kali Mahoe. A series of strange cold-case ritual murders leads Maui detective Kali Mahoe on a trail of legendary vengeful spirits and more human monsters in paradise.



Kali Mahoe has been called to a bizarre crime scene. In the recesses of a deep trench on Lana'i Island's pineapple fields, the skeletal remains of someone buried decades ago has been found inside an old refrigerator. The body is headless, the skull replaced with a chilling adornment: a large, ornately carved wooden pineapple.

Kali's investigation leads her to an unlikely suspect, an illegal cock-fighting organization, and a strange symbol connected to a long-disbanded religious cult. Kali solves cases using logic and reason, not the unknown or unexplainable, which might help her unravel an increasingly mind-boggling series of deadly events. Because the dormant pineapple fields of Lana'i have yet to give up their darkest and most terrifying secrets.