Death on Diamond Head by John Madinger

Death on Diamond Head is a riveting murder mystery written by long-time Hawai‘i law enforcement officer John Madinger. The fast-paced novel introduces the character of Honolulu police detective Kimo Rigg, a veteran cop whose career has been sidetracked by a whistleblower lawsuit.

In Death on Diamond Head, Madinger’s first novel, Kimo Rigg has been relegated to the Unsolved Crimes department in the bowels of the precinct headquarters. He is trying to stay out of trouble when he finds himself in hot water once again: A murder victim’s body is dumped almost on the doorstep of his new house at Diamond Head.

Five years earlier, a series of brutal slayings had torn Honolulu apart.  When the bodies of young girls started turning up at island beach parks, HPD had pulled out all the stops to catch the man they called the Double-Crosser. When their prime suspect was found dead and the killings abruptly stopped, everyone had figured the case was closed. Now, Rigg isn’t so sure. The latest killing has all of the Double Crosser’s trademarks, and there’s another tie to the old case; the victim was a key witness against their old suspect. That’s one too many coincidences for Rigg, who now must follow a twisting path into the dark heart of a case no one wants reopened.

In creating Rigg and his colorful, wise-cracking supporting cast, Hawai‘i native Madinger draws upon a 30-year law enforcement career, most of it spent in the Islands. As a criminal investigator with the U.S. Treasury Department, he has written textbooks on money laundering and confidential informants and has lectured around the world on financial crimes and criminal investigation.

Death on Diamond Head has been reviewed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

Death on Diamond Head is available for purchase at your local bookstore and at online booksellers, including direct from the publisher at www.bookshawaii.net.

Author: John Madinger
Softcover, 184 pp
Release Date: January 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9796769-6-3
$7.95 retail price

Tags: crime fiction, Death on Diamond Head, John Madinger, murder mystery novel

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