Murder Leaves Its Mark
A Hawaii Mistery
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
"When a weekend of horseback rides and beachcombing at the old Heleiwa Hotel turns deadly, Mina Beckwith and Ned Manusia are on the case. The unlikely pair--she a journalist, he a playwright--find themselves once again on the trail of a killer in 1930s Honolulu, where sugar barons cavort at their beachfront mansions while unrest among the working class grows. Their investigation places them in the midst of hotheaded union organizers and the créme de la créme of Honolulu society as well as the riffraff of the city's backstreets. Familiar characters from Ned and Mina's previous adventure, Murder Casts a Shadow, return to lend a hand in another thoroughly entertaining whodunit from author and playwright Victoria Kneubuhl."--P. [4] of cover.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1935 Hawaii, Kneubuhl's wonderfully atmospheric follow-up to Murder Casts a Shadow (2008) finds reporter Mina Beckwith and playwright Ned Manusia, her boyfriend, trying to defuse a volatile conflict between labor and management. Union firebrand Jack Carstairs is stirring up Hawaii's workers, and wealthy businessman Henry Burnham has received ominous threatening letters. When a shooting attack apparently aimed at Burnham wounds Mina, Carstairs is immediately suspect. Plenty of people have reason to target Burnham, including brother Gilbert, wife Amanda, personal secretary Gwendolyn Reed, stepson Sheldon Lennox, and prot g Emil Devon. With the action roaming all over the islands, Kneubuhl paints a stark picture of the chasm between the haves and have-nots against the natural beauty of the islands, particularly the native flora. A superior setting and intriguing characters make up for an ending that many readers will consider a cheat.
