The Stone Lantern: A Hawaiian Mystery

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After Jessie Bradford's uncle died at his South Point ranch on Hawaii's Big Island,Jessie goes to claim the inheritance her uncle left her. She plans to spend a fewweeks settling her uncle's affairs and return to her home in San Francisco. Her lifetakes an unexpected turn when two men searching for an ancient burial site atSouth Point find the tomb, but also find something they were not expecting. In thesame tomb with the remains of a 1,000-year-old Hawaiian chief, they find a skeletonof a 20th century murder victim with its skull bashed in. Jessie's father has beenmissing for 36 years. She is sure the skeleton is his, but who would want to murderher father Detective John "Mac" McIntire investigates, but Jessie does someinvestigating of her own.During her search for her father's killer, Jessie rekindles an old romance with herchildhood sweetheart, inherits a sprawling 500 acre cattle ranch, and unwittinglyuncovers the truth surrounding the decades-old murder.

Author Bio

Samantha Lei Stevens was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii and spentmuch of her childhood living on the ranch and sugar plantation that are the backdrops of The Stone Lantern. She graduated cum laude from San Francisco StateUniversity and was a feature writer on several Bay Area newspapers. AlthoughSamantha lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for most of her adult life, she taughtEnglish to a wide variety of students while living in a jungle village in northernArgentina, a fishing hamlet in China and at the Chisan-Dong Elementary School inSong-tan, Korea. She now resides in Northern California with her husband.The Stone Lantern is her first novel.