The Holidays are coming!!!
Two wonderful gift suggestions:
Hint: They’re both Maui mysteries!!!
Voice of the Victim — 2023
A beloved scientist is shot in Maui’s peaceful ‘Iao Valley.
Olympic medalists are slaughtered on international cruises.
Can two of Maui’s finest follow the clues and stop the violence?
Detective Sergeant Keone Boyd heads to the Mediterranean for a fairy-tale honeymoon with his new bride, while back on Maui, Keone’s boss, Lt. Tony Alcala is called to a horrific shooting in Maui’s peaceful ‘Iao Valley. Understaffed and overworked, Alcala, takes his best detective’s advice and puts Keone’s protégé and friend Sergeant Angela Beyers on the case.
During her investigation, Angela discovers a file on the victim’s computer with clues to the shooting. But the file, clearly written by the victim, was saved while he was in a coma at Maui Memorial Hospital. So, who left the clues? And how?
As Angela investigates, Keone boards a luxury cruise but is recruited by Europol to help investigate a serial killer methodically eliminating Olympic athletes. The killer claims to be a Greek god of death and plans to kill a Canadian Olympic medalist in each of the ship’s ports of call.
Does the computer contain actual memories or a vivid fantasy? Is a mythical god sending athletes to Elysium or a deranged maniac murdering them? Are the investigations related or are the lines between reality and fantasy dissolving both on Maui and twelve time zones away?
A good detective always listens to the voice of the victim.
Here are the links for Amazon:
And don’t forget Eyes of the Beholder — 2022
If you want to start this saga at the beginning, the first book in the series, Eyes of the Beholder is also available on Amazon as a paperback or eBook.
Spousal abuse. Crystal meth. Astrophysics.
A man who claims he’s from a parallel dimension.
All in a day’s work for a cop on Maui.
A wrong-way driver causes a devastating collision in paradise. Even police detective Keone Boyd, born and raised on the spirit-filled island of Maui, is not prepared for the investigation that follows. The facts lead him to an abused wife, an oily drug distributor, an observatory on the top of a dormant volcano, and a man who claims he’s traveled to Maui through an invisible contact between universes. He knows following the facts in paradise can take you far from where you expect or want to go, but this one takes him where he’s never gone before.
Frustrated, conflicted, and faced with deadly threats to himself and those he cares about, Keone uncovers events and theories that challenge his views of life, police work, and reality. How can one otherwise boring suspect, who believes left is right, impact the lives of so many? The answer to that question may only lie in the eyes of the beholder.
Here are the links for Amazon:
Coming next year: Soul of the Sleuth
The completely re-imagined and re-written edition of what we previously called Pele’s Fire is currently out to my beta readers for their valuable comments. beginning in September,, I will focus this blog on the process of creating this next exciting chapter in the Maui Mysteries Series.
For those of you who prefer other vendors, all of my Babylon books are available from all of the following in addition to Amazon:
Apple Books (for this link to work your iBooks/Apple Books app may need be open)
Tolino
Bibliotheca
Baker & Taylor
Hoopla
Vivlio
Gardners
BorrowBox
Palace Marketplace
Covers for Voice of the Victim.
eBook and paperback covers for Eyes of the Beholder.
About the pictures:
Top picture: eBook and paperback covers for Voice of the Victim.
Bottom Picture: eBook and paperback covers for Eyes of the Beholder.