About the Book
There’s a killer loose on the island of Oahu. His targets?
Young, native-Hawaiian women. But it also appears that he’s targeting and
taunting Honolulu police detective Henry Benjamin who knew each victim and
whose wife, Maya, had been the first name on that list. In addition to battling
his personal demons, this New York transplant’s aggressive style didn’t sit
well with his laid-back colleagues who viewed Henry’s uncharacteristic lack of
progress in the investigation as evidence that fueled ongoing rumors that he
could be the killer. Was he, or could it have been someone within the municipal
hierarchy with a vendetta? As it was, after thirteen years on the job Henry had
been disillusioned with paradise. His career choice long killed any fantasy of
living in a grass hut on a wind-swept beach, being serenaded by the lazy sounds
of the ocean and a slack key guitar. Instead, it had opened his eyes to a
Hawaii that tourists will never see.
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Excerpt
The reflection from scattered tiki torches competed with the
moonlight flickering across the black velvet lagoon. Gentle trade winds,
carrying the sweet peach-like scent of plumeria, tickled the flames and the
palm fronds. Clearly a welcomed reprieve from five straight days of stifling
temperatures. A catamaran and a couple small outrigger canoes, their artfully
painted fiberglass hulls made to look like the wood of ancient Koa trees, were
pulled up along the sandy shoreline. The heavy beat of drums reverberated off
the tall palms and set the rhythm for a half-dozen pair of grass-skirted hips
dancing on the main stage while vacationers laughed, ogled, and stuffed their
faces with shredded pork, scoops of macaroni salad, steaming flavored rice
wrapped in Ti leaves, thick slices of pineapple, papaya, mango, and freshly
roasted macadamia nuts that were all artfully displayed on wide banana leaf
covered center pieces. They sat cross-legged in the sand, sipping Mai Tais from
plastic cups made to look like hollowed out coconut shells, lost in a tropical
fantasy that came complete with a souvenir snap shot taken with an authentic
hula girl—the perfect paradise as portrayed on the website. The noise from the
music, chanting, and laughter, drowned out the frantic noise of the nearby
kitchen, and it drowned out the desperate pleas and painful cries of Makani
Palahia from the far side of the beach at Auntie Lily’s Luau Cove and Hawaiian
Barbecue.
About the Author
Richard I Levine is a native New Yorker raised in the
shadows of Yankee Stadium. After dabbling in several occupations and a one-year
coast to coast wanderlust trip, this one-time volunteer fireman, bartender, and
store manager returned to school to become a chiropractor. A twenty-three-year
cancer survivor, he’s a strong advocate for the natural healing arts. Levine
has four Indy-published novels and his fifth work, To Catch The Setting Sun, is
published by The Wild Rose Press and was released in August 2022. In 2006 he
wrote, produced and was on-air personality of the Dr. Rich Levine show on
Seattle’s KKNW 1150AM and after a twenty-five year practice in Bellevue,
Washington, he closed up shop in 2017 and moved to Oahu to pursue a dream of
acting and being on Hawaii 5-O. While briefly working as a
ghostwriter/community liaison for a local Honolulu City Councilmember, he
appeared as a background actor in over twenty-five 5-Os and Magnum P.Is.
Richard can be seen in his first co-star role in the Magnum P.I. third season
episode “Easy Money”. He presently resides in Hawaii.
Visit Richard’s Amazon
Page or connect with him on Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram and Goodreads.
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