Blood Code: A Mahu Investigation

Hawaiian secrets meet Silicon Valley ambitionWhen tech entrepreneur Noah Kim is found murdered outside his office in Honolulu, Detective Kimo Kanapa'aka must unravel a complex web of academic rivalries, cultural conflicts, and family secrets. Kim's startup, Kahola.ai, promised to revolutionize medical care for Pacific Islanders through artificial intelligence, but his death exposes the dark side of mixing traditional knowledge with modern technology.As Kimo investigates, his own family life is upended when his partner Mike is injured in a fire investigation. Suddenly juggling full-time parenting of their twelve-year-old twins with his police work, Kimo finds uncomfortable parallels between the case and his own understanding of what makes someone a father. The trail leads him from the tech startup world to fertility clinics, from sacred Hawaiian traditions to the raw wilderness of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.In this fourteenth Mahu Investigation, Kimo must confront questions of identity, family bonds, and the intersection of modern science with indigenous culture. When the truth finally emerges, it challenges everything he thought he knew about fatherhood, biology, and the choices we make to protect those we love.

• | Author: Neil S. Plakcy
• | Publisher: Samwise Books
• | Publication Date: Jun 02, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00280 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798349360244