Hokuloa Road

A Novel

English language

Published Nov. 21, 2022 by Little Brown & Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-54204-3
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3 stars (3 reviews)

On a whim, Grady Kendall applies to work as a live-in caretaker for a luxury property in Hawaiʻi, as far from his small-town Maine life as he can imagine. Within days he's flying out to an estate on remote Hokuloa Road, where he quickly uncovers a dark side to the island’s idyllic reputation: it has long been a place where people vanish without a trace.

When a young woman from his flight becomes the next to disappear, Grady is determined—and soon desperate—to figure out what's happened to Jessie, and to all those staring out of the island’s “missing" posters. But working with Raina, Jessie’s fiercely protective best friend, to uncover the truth is anything but easy, and with an inexplicable and sinister presence stalking his every step, Grady can only hope he'll find the answer before it's too late.

Perfect for fans of Peter Heller and The White Lotus, and …

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Hawai'i is gorgeous, but be wary of saviors

3 stars

This was good! I'm generally a fan of Hand. Loved the atmosphere--just gorgeous lush descriptions of Hawai'i's culture and wildlife--and enjoyed a protagonist who wants to be doing good but always feels like he's messing up. There's a Cass Neary-ish-ness to this, but a lot less gore. Also, a lot less mysticism than I usually expect from her

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Grady has a chance to shake up his life as a caretaker/handyman in Maine. He applies for a job in Hawaii, and gets it. Not sure he really wants to shake it up that much, he flies out nervously, meeting a woman on the airplane who he would like to see as soon as they are finished with their pandemic quarantine period. His boss turns out to be a wealthy and eccentric man who has rare birds in a aviary and endangered but very dangerous sea urchins in a tank. He's rarely at his luxurious house, but spends weeks at a remote site. returnreturnWhen the quarantine period is over, Grady gets to know a previous caretaker and her family and learns people have been disappearing from the island. One of them is the girl who he met on the plane. He also discovers a hidden sea cave where indigenous people …