Blood and Orchids
A Rape in Hawaii

This true crime book by Norman Katkov is the story of a woman whose rape by the best friend of her husband was blamed on four young Hawaiian men. The book was a best seller when it was first released.

Title: Blood and Orchids
Author: Norman Katkov
Publisher: New American Library
Reissued: October 1991
Dimensions: 1.2 x 4.2 x 6.8
Binding: Paperback
Availability: Buy It At Amazon.com
(book is out of print and hard to find)

New York Times Review of the 1983 Edition

Blood & Orchids
1986 Made for TV Movie
(four hour movie shown in 2 parts)

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved, fearing they might be blamed, because she was white, but do so anyway. Almost immediately everyone suspects they are to blame. When Hester's politically influential mother Doris finds out what really happened, she fearing a scandal, forces her daughter to blame the men who rescued her, of raping and beating her. It's up to detective Curt Maddox, to find out what really happened, and their Hawaiian lawyer to do the impossible. Convince a white court of law, that they are innocent.

Starring:

Kris Kristofferson - Captain Curtis Maddox

Jane Alexander - Doris Ashley

Sean Young - Lenore Bergman

Jose Ferrar - Walter Bergman

Susan Blakely - Marie Farrell

Reviews:

Review at IMDB

New York Times Reivew