Murder Leaves Its Mark

When A Weekend Of Horseback Rides And Beachcombing At The Old Haleiwa 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 Hot-headed Union Organizers And The Cr�me De La Cr�me 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 Whodunnit From Author And Playwright Victoria Kneubuhl. Praise For The First Mina Beckwith And Ned Manusia Mystery: Agatha-christie-in-the-tropics. . . . A Tightly Plotted Novel, Crackling Dialog, And In Mina And Ned, A Pair Of Intelligent And Likable Sleuths (think Nick And Nora Without The Alcoholism And Veiled Disdain). Murder Casts A Shadow Shows The Promising Beginnings Of What One Hopes Will Become A New Series. --honolulu Weekly