Shadows of Kalalau

Doug Walsh is the award-winning novelist whose books have earned consistent praise from Kirkus Reviews, Writer's Digest judges, and readers around the world. Through his stories, Walsh combines his passion for adventure travel with a fascination for discovering how romantic relationships respond to the improbable.Following a sixteen-year career authoring video game strategy guides, Walsh set down his controller and embarked on the round-the-world bicycle tour that ultimately inspired his debut novel, Tailwinds Past Florence.Walsh's readers rave about the transportive nature of his stories, and the characters that they love to laugh and cry alongside. Walsh's upcoming novel, Shadows of Kalalau, is a coming-of-age romantic thriller set in a majestic, untouched corner of Hawaii.

From the footsteps of the past, Malia must blaze her own future...Still reeling from her mother's death, Malia refuses to spend the summer before college walking on eggshells around her overbearing father. So, hoping to reconnect with her mother's spirit, Malia flees to the remote Kalalau Valley of Kauäi, where she was conceived. But when two people end up dead, her adventure in paradise becomes a battle for survival.
Nothing in Kalalau is as she expects. Though quickly embraced by an eclectic group of squatters, Malia struggles to bond with her newfound ¿ohana, or family ... especially with the attractive surfer who holds her at arms'-length despite the chemistry between them.
When a stranger joins the group, events rapidly spiral out of control. As secrets are revealed and illusions shattered, Malia finds herself at the center of a police investigation. And her life's dreams at the mercy of a desperate murderer.
Emotionally complex and charged with suspense, Shadows of Kalalau is a coming-of-age story as beautiful, rich, and compelling as its backdrop of Hawai¿i's N¿pali coast.