![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.ĭetective Sergeant Apelu Soifua of the American Samoa PD is called to a palangi (Caucasian) enclave to check on a burglary at the home of a vice president of the island’s largest industry, a tuna cannery. Set against the steamy backdrop of the Samoan jungle, this thoughtful whodunit introduces a memorable new gumshoe to the ranks of detective fiction. As the evidence piles up, Apelu follows a tangled trail between cultures, dead bodies, hidden codes, and a string of lies on his hunt for the ugly truth buried at the heart of paradise. And what appears to be a simple, open-and-shut case turns out to anything but. And that gulf never yawns wider than when a white family’s home in Pago Pago is burglarized. Here, Apelu must walk the line between two cultures: Samoan versus American, native versus new. ![]() Because on a small island where no one is a stranger and secrets are widely known but never discussed, solving crimes requires a certain.finesse. But back home on American Samoa, life is personal-especially for a cop. Detective Sergeant Apelu Soifua spent seven years in the San Francisco Police Department, where the job was just a job and solving crimes required cool detachment. ![]()
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