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Archive for the "Mystery" Category

Witness protection ... vital to any story

September 29th, 2010
Posted by Michael Little
I know it's a bit peculiar to be comparing Juliet Kono's new novel Anshū to an Agatha Christie mystery novel, but the two books kind of landed in [...]
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Do you know your sidekicks?

September 17th, 2010
Posted by Michael Little
Do you know your sidekicks? Sidekicks, in literature and real life, are those loyal assistants who don't get the glory, although they play vital roles. [...]
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Sisters in Crime ... and detective sidekicks

September 14th, 2010
Posted by Michael Little

sisters-in-crimeDetective sidekicks, anyone? For the past few weeks I’ve been preparing, off and on, for a workshop I’m leading this week for the Sisters in Crime chapter in Honolulu.

It’s set for Wednesday, September 15, at Makiki Community Library (1527 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu).  The Sisters in Crime meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., and the workshop at 7:00 p.m.  Visitors are welcome.

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Romance in mystery ...

March 26th, 2010
Posted by Michael Little

debby-atkinsonOur guest blogger today is mystery/crime fiction writer and Oahu resident Deborah Atkinson.

A recipient of the University of Hawaii’s Meryl Clark Award for Fiction, she is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and the author of Primitive Secrets (2002), The Green Room (2005), and Fire Prayer (2007).

Debby’s latest novel is Pleasing the Dead. I asked her to share her thoughts about romance and mystery. Welcome, Debby!

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Sands of Lanikai ... interview with Bob Hogue

October 28th, 2009
Posted by Michael Little

sands-of-lanikaiBob Hogue’s novel Sands of Lanikai, published by Island Heritage, is hitting the local bookstores this week on Oahu and next week on the neighbor islands. Bob describes the book as “a historical fiction set in Kailua in 1941, with a little romance, mystery, and suspense tossed in for fun.”

I asked Bob to share some of his experience in imagining, and then creating, this novel.

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Murder Casts a Shadow (A Hawai‘i Mystery)

October 9th, 2009
Posted by UH Press
Murder Casts a Shadow by Victoria Kneubuhl by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl Murder Casts a Shadow is the debut novel by acclaimed local [...]
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Sands of Lanikai

October 7th, 2009
Be taken on an unforgettable journey of suspense, adventure, mystery and romance in a coming-of-age story about the small town of Kailua, O'ahu in November/December 1941.  Sands of Lanikai takes us back to the days just before December 7 and imagines a spy entering the waters of Kailua Bay.  Will [...]
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Death on Diamond Head: Isle Murder Mystery Offers an Inside Look at Police Work in Paradise

September 30th, 2009

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.

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Mystery - Thriller - Detective Novels in Hawai'i

September 28th, 2009

200px-hawaii_five-o_title_screenHonolulu Cop is real, but plenty of novelists have decided there’s no better place for a crime than Hawai’i. Here’s a list of mysteries, both old and new, set in our islands. List courtesy of www.LeftCoastCrime.org and Kane’ohe librarian Cindy Chow.

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Humble Honest Men: Bob Dye’s Comic Novel Makes an Irish-Hawaiian Connection

September 22nd, 2009

Humble Honest Men is a comic novel from Hawai‘i author-historian Bob Dye. A dozen years in the writing, Dye’s new book tells the story of Kapala Dolan, a Hawai‘i native who moves to Kinsale, Ireland, and soon becomes embroiled in the historical controversy surrounding the sinking of the Lusitania and her mysterious cargo.

Dolan’s fascination with the Irish half of his hapa haole ancestry—and the family lore that placed his maternal grandparents on the Lusitania as it sank off the coast of Kinsale—leads him to jump at the chance to consult for the town whose city fathers seek to make the Lusitania as successful a tourist attraction as Pearl Harbor’s Arizona Memorial. The job proves to be more than a simple consultancy, as Dolan is drawn deeper into intrigue and cultural conflicts, while his sincere intentions rub some of the townspeople the wrong way.

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