{"product_id":"the-midas-death-an-inspector-kajiwara-mystery-9780996093422","title":"The Midas Death: An Inspector Kajiwara Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's December 1997, and reluctant war hero, Inspector \"Kaj\" Kajiwara, is asked to solve the murder of Hawaii State University Professor Harrison Whitworth, Hawaii's first Nobel Prize winner, shot through the heart by an arrow on his Manoa driveway. The case is complicated for Kaj because he suffers from undiagnosed, recurring PTSD and remembers how poorly he was treated on campus as a returning Vietnam vet. But campus life is also complicated. Funding streams are drying up and the State wants the campus to contribute more to economic development. Kaj and his team soon face an assortment of investors, faculty, administrators, and political leaders, all determined to reshape the university for their own purposes, and all with possible motive for harming Whitworth. Then, as if that were not enough, Kaj is thrust into international intrigue when a member from the Consulate of Kuthan is detained at the crime scene. The Kuthani belief in tranquility and soul connection demands that Kaj find a way to bridge communication between East and West. Solving the crime means that Kaj must delve deeply not only into his own past but also into the history of the complicated, brilliant victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeLuca, Diana M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Diana M. DeLuca was born in England and emigrated to Canada as a teenager. She is a retired faculty member and administrator from the University of Hawaii. She first saw Hawaii in 1959, before statehood, when Foster Tower was Waikiki's only high rise. She is the widow of Charles DeLuca, former curator of the Waikiki Aquarium, and partner of the late Dr. Sidney Bronstein, former chairman of the Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She currently resides in Eugene, Oregon. Her novel, A Dream of Shadows: A Novel of Reincarnation, was awarded first place in two categories by Reader Views 2015. Best novel of Relationships and Spirituality, and best Novel Set in American West.","brand":"Seafield House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661043335442,"sku":"9780996093422","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_596ead83-1f97-4add-a557-a3ca635f9947.jpg?v=1760434806","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-midas-death-an-inspector-kajiwara-mystery-9780996093422","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}