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Hilo Suspense, Book 1 - Shadows in Light

Brian Wayland Trask

  • Owns Trasks Trees & Nursery; former investigator in the Army
  • 6'2", 180lbs; blond hair, blue eyes
  • Born - Stuttgart, Germany (father's last duty station in the Army)
  • Hometown - now lives in Hilo, Hawaii; grew up in Florida panhandle
  • College - Tallahassee, Florida
  • Age - 38
  • Parents, Wayland and Cecelia; died in car accident when Brian was 10
  • Only child
  • Only living blood relative is a paternal uncle (Leonard) serving a twenty-five year sentence for armed robbery
  • Best friends, Will and Amanda Garrison, now divorced.
  • Never married; engaged once but Maggie broke it off

Caitlyn Misaki Kurokawa

  • Landscaper; owns Akamai Gardens & Landscaping
  • 5'4", 115ish; long, curly dark brown hair, brown eyes
  • Born - Hilo, Hawaii
  • Hometown - Hilo
  • College - Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Age - 31
  • Parents, Davin and Monique Kurokawa
  • Siblings - five; see below
  • Never married nor engaged

Phil Chung

  • Police officer
  • 5'10", 180; black hair, dark brown eyes
  • Born - Hilo Hawaii
  • Hometown - Hilo
  • College - Hilo
  • Age - 37
  • Mother - Beatrice Chung; father unknown until after mother's death last month when he discovered Davin Kurokawa is his father
  • Only child
  • Never married nor engaged

The Kurokawa Ohana:

Grandparents

  • Carolyn Kurokawa
  • Charles and Edith Emmet, of Seminole County, Georgia

Parents

  • Davin Kurokawa - met Monique while in Army
  • Monique Emmet - originally from Georgia

Siblings:

  • Doug (46), married to Megan
    • Mariko - 13
    • Keith - 10
    • Hailey - 8
  • John (Jack)(45), married to Kelsie
    • Derryl - 11
    • Morgan - 8
  • Edward (Ed)(43), married to Sherry
    • Jesse - 9
    • Kira - 6
    • Gabe - 5
  • Eleanor (Ellie)(40), married to Ryan Franco
    • Drake - 5
    • Julie - 3
  • Mark (38), married Lisa
    • Hazel - 4
    • Preston - 3
    • Ezekiel - 8 months

Other family:

  • Aunty Pua - Carolyn Kurokawa's younger sister
  • George Kurokawa - Davin's 80 year old bachelor cousin
  • Aunt Jill Kurokawa - Davin's sister-in-law
  • Sean (8) & Duncan (6) Garrison, Brian's de facto nephews

The extras:

  • Attend same church as Cait, Brian and Phil
    • Leialoha Rosen
    • Pastor Rob
    • Andrew Nelson - organist
    • Ken Arakaki
    • Dan Carvalho
    • Ray Castro
    • Lei - also waitress at The Firehouse
    • Gilbert Miyahara - 73 year old deacon
  • Kawika Williams - works for Brian Trask; also attends same church
  • Dr. Inouye - Cait's dentist
  • Kanani - dentist's receptionist
  • Marissa and Dan, married couple who work for Brian
  • Clarence Hayama former owner of Brian's nursery; had been Mamalahoa Plants & Garden Supply
  • Maggie - Brian's former fiancee
  • Jason Fenway - Cait's former quasi-boyfriend from college, the one she accused of rape
  • Bill Murita - police officer
  • Eddie - the boyhood friend Brian was staying with the night his parents died
  • Chief Castro - chief of police in Hilo
  • "Grandma" and "Grandpa" Hironaka - Lisa's parents
  • Aaron - Phil's alternate personality; Cait's stalker
  • Hondo - police officer
  • Clint - justice of the peace in Seminole County, Georgia

The Shepherd-Wolfe Ohana:

The Ohana Project characters:

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