The Old Queen's Murder
A fast-moving story, this second book in Michael Herr's Kohala Coast Mystery/Thriller series takes the reader from Decatur Street in New Orleans, to Kauai and then on to the Big Island. Wrapped together in this suspenseful thriller are a serial killer with a special fondness for older women, an extremely wealthy woman and her nephew and, of course, the Pono family. Before the book is over tragedy and sorrow visit the women of the Pono family once more.
Mike Herr writes his love for Hawaii in mysterious ways. Calling up crisp characters and snapshot settings from numerous island visits, he dumps them into darker places, where lurk murderers and thieves. A natural storyteller, Herr's tales are full of life, well-researched island details and obvious respect for a special place on the planet. Each Kohala Coast thriller novel is better than the last, leaving me looking forward to the next one.
Catherine Tarleton, author of Potluck, Stories That Taste Like Hawaii
and Mr. Mauna Kea
Due to the subject matter, this book is recommended for older teens and above.
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September 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Aloha kakou,
This book began to write itself after my wife and I took a ghost walk in New Orleans that ended up in the attic of a bar where a brutal murder took place. I say it wrote itself because as I was writing I found out things about my characters that I hadn't known before I began. My writing led me down paths that I had not thought of taking.
I have said this book is recommended for mature readers . . . yet so many of the books out today (the paperback racks at the airport for instance) are filled with violence and language that I have some difficulty writing. What do you feel about that? Do you remember the days when murders took place off-screen and husbands and wives slept in separate beds? I don't feel a need to go back that far, but at times I'd rather suggest evil or describe it without documenting each splatter of blood.
I would love to hear from readers about this book.
Mahalo.