Search Results: Hawaii from Murder By The Book

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 2nd ed. Fine in dust jacket. Features John Caine, a retired Naval Officer who lives in Hawaii on a boat. The author's first novel, WINNER of the St. Martin's Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel contest. "Readers who miss John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee will be pleased to meet John Caine, who's as McGee-like as they come, from his courtly attitude toward women and on-the-water living accommodations to his compunction to right all wrongs. Even better, first-time author Knief's writing style is almost as ingratiating as MacDonald's (if significantly more graphic), even to the sidebar philosophical commentary on modern society. After moving to Hawaii and setting up his own private-eye business, retired navy man Caine agrees to find the psychopath responsible for the death of his former commander's daughter. Caine wants to keep the whole story under wraps, but police detective Kate Alapai has other ideas, despite… Read More

Walker, 1992. 1st ed. Uncorrected Page Proofs. Sunned along edges, else near Fine, wraps. The first hardcover appearnce for Miss Danford after three pbk originals. Hawaii at the turn of the century. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof.

NY,NY: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. A non-series effort from the international accalimed author of the fine Russian detective series - Arkady. Set in Hawaii. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1999. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Third John Caine title, Hawaii. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.: Ox Bow Press, 1992. 1st ed. fine, unread copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. "Cool, gorgeous, red-headed Rachel Starr, L.A.P.D. detective, is the protagonist of this eventful, fast-moving first novel. Starr wants to catch whoever murdered her partner when the two were investigating a jewelry and drug scam. Discovering Nicholas Snow--professor, connoisseur, art thief--in the act of heisting valuables from a museum, she makes a deal with him. Snow will get immunity if he helps Starr track down the killer Jacob Tong, whose jewelry stores are fronts for fencing stolen gems. The action moves to Honolulu, where Starr poses as a freelance writer and Snow entraps Tong by hiring him to steal an exotic red diamond. Enter bad cop Jim Towers, Starr's middle-aged colleague, who has been providing Tong with Mexican dope. Short of cash, guilty over his lost ideals and infatuated… Read More

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2002. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. The 2nd title in the Lily Wu Quartet. Lily Wu and Janice Cameron find plenty of pilikia-trouble- when they return to postwar Hawaii. A sultry hulu dancer is murdered in a squatter village inhabited by natives hoping to protect their dying way of life from the wahine (whites). Set in Oahu, just outside Honolulu, The Kahuna Killer, first published in 1951, is a remarkably modern detective novel that presents a vivid portrait of an Hawaiian native culture that is fighting to survive. It also features Lily Wu one of the first female Chinese-American sleuths.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.

Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2002. 1st ed. Fine, unread copy. Debut novel for planned series featuring Hawaii lawyer Storm Kayama.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Minotaur Books, 2001. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The fourth adventure featuring John Caine, whom the Boston Globe described as the heir apparent to Travis McGee. Knief's latest John Caine novel begins with a bang, literally, as Caine is shot in a gunfight in San Francisco while protecting his old friend, crime boss Chawlie Choy. Caine flies back to Hawaii, the series' traditional setting, to recuperate, but soon enough he is taking a young student out on his boat to explore an underwater royal tomb she has discovered. Numerous violent altercations follow, involving both Chawlie and the hidden tomb. And if that weren't enough, Caine is extradited to San Francisco to face murder charges arising from the earlier shooting. Will Caine find the link between the violence in Hawaii and in San Francisco?. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2003. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback (orig. pub. in 1953). The 4th title in the Lily Wu Quartet set in Honolulu. Lily and Janice must decipher the words of a dying Chinbese refugee: "tea...tiger...dragon." How is his death connected to an Hawaiian tea importer and the beautiful--and perhaps dangerous-- "Waikiki Widow?" This 1953 mystery is not only a vivid portrait of post World War II Hawaii but an entertaining and insightful look into the international tea industry.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.