{"product_id":"the-mamo-murders","title":"The Mamo Murders","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlder Hawaiians believe that the sweltering heat of the Kona season is a harbinger of disaster. With the cooling trade winds stilled  the islands cease to be a paradise. In the past  the season has brought tidal waves  earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.  This time it brings death.  Young  recently married Leslie Farnham returns to her Maui ranch from the mainland only to discover that her older husband  a wealthy Maui castle rancher  has disappeared at sea. Her in-laws have seized the ranch and Leslie finds herself an unwelcome guest in her own home. A stableboy tries to warn her about impending peril but is killed in a sudden  questionable accident.  Leslies only ally is novelist Janice Cameron  who has made the trip from Honolulu to Maui on behalf of a friend of the missing rancher. While Janice snoops about the island  her friend Lily Wu does a little sleuthing of her own back on Oahu.  This 1952 mystery is a vivid portrait of a changing society whose native people are battling to hold on toand preservetheir traditions and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947566690357,"sku":"ByrdShop_0915230518","price":92.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780915230518_dd6cc37a-e50a-4d8e-8cb1-8cc3ad3e08be.jpg?v=1770652635","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mamo-murders","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}