{"product_id":"red-dirt","title":"Red Dirt","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScott Kikkawa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftcover, 264 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing on the heels of his critically acclaimed début noir novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKona Winds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Scott Kikkawa resumes his depiction of 1950s Honolulu Police Department Detective Sergeant Francis “Sheik” Yoshikawa, a Japanese American Nisei veteran of World\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWar II. Handsome, street smart, literate, and haunted by memories of his military service in the famed 442\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003end \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegimental Combat Team, Sheik must solve a murder case that begins with the discovery of a burned and dismembered body found in a sugarcane field. Investigating the victim’s life to see who would have wanted him dead leads to a local communist study group that’s being hunted down by the federal government. A compelling mystery with a breathtaking, unexpected ending.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Scott Kikkawa’s riveting new murder mystery, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRed Dirt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, transports readers back to 1953 O‘ahu, when bodies were buried in cane fields, and a Red Scare rippled all the way to these territorial shores. Packed with colorful characters, intrigue, and masterfully crafted twists and turns, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRed Dirt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an illuminating reminder of how much Hawai‘i has changed, and how much it hasn’t really changed at all.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Chris McKinney author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMidnight, Water City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA product of Hawai‘i Kai in East Honolulu, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScott Kikkawa \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewrites noir detective stories set in postwar Honolulu, featuring 442\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003end \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eveteran Nisei Detective Sergeant Francis “Sheik” Yoshikawa. His critically acclaimed début murder mystery, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKona Winds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, was released at the end of 2019 and spent six months on the Small Press Distribution Fiction Bestsellers List. He serves as a columnist and an Associate Editor for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hawai‘i Review of Books. Red Dirt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis his second full- length novel and a third is scheduled for release in 2023. Winner of an Elliot Cades Award for Literature, the New York University alumnus is currently a federal law enforcement officer and lives with his family in Honolulu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bamboo Ridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":41685903540390,"sku":"9781943756063","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/products\/9781943756063_p0_v2_s1200x630.jpg?v=1636450565","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/red-dirt","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}