Title
Hilo Bay Mystery Collection - Paperback
by J. L. Oakley (Author)
The past never forgets. No one gets away with murder.Auntie Bee Takahashi is a retired fourth grade teacher. Her great-niece, Tawnie Takahashi, is a hard-nose Honolulu TV crime reporter. When crimes from the past touch friends and family, Auntie Bee and Tawnie- with a little help from a historian- face down the past in hopes of finding justice and healing for the victims and their descendants. Award-winning author Janet Oakley brings history to her collection of three cozy mystery novellas set on the Big Island of Hawaii: Coconut IslandMemories are dangerousInvestigative reporter Tawnie Takahashi is no stranger to mysteries, but can she handle one steeped in her own family's history? A box of letters from a WWII soldier stationed on the Big Island is found at the Big Island Historical Society and unlocks painful memories for Wendy's Great Aunt Bee. Bee's older sister was swept away in the 1946 tsunami, but now Wendy suspects she was murdered first. As she delves into the mystery, Tawnie meets a group of nonagenarians who were at the USO center on Coconut Island during the war. One is a hero. Another is a cold-blooded murderer.Volcano HouseAncient Curse. Precious ManuscriptAuntie Bee Takahashi is turning 80 and her friends in the U'ilani Book Lovers Club are planning a big celebration up at historic Volcano House. Plans take a dangerous turn when a long missing manuscript of The Bottle Imp, Robert Louis Stevenson's great horror story, shows up among Bee's stack of books. Tied to an unsolved murder 125 years old at the old Kilauea hotel, someone doesn't want the crime to come out. When weird accidents and mysterious happenings threaten Auntie Bee and members of her book club, her great-niece crime reporter Tawnie Takahashi will have to step in to keep her safe. At the heart of her investigation, are the secrets behind two warring families spanning four generations and a land grab.Hilina PaliPast lies have consequenesOn the seventy-seventh anniversary of the death of a local man serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps on the Big Island, retired school teacher, Auntie Bee Takahashi, receives a mysterious envelope. Items in it point to an old injustice with tragic consequences. With the help of her great niece, ace TV crime reporter Wendy Takahashi, and a local historian, she races to discover the source of the photos and articles and prevent another tragedy from happening at Hilina Pali.
by J. L. Oakley (Author)
The past never forgets. No one gets away with murder.Auntie Bee Takahashi is a retired fourth grade teacher. Her great-niece, Tawnie Takahashi, is a hard-nose Honolulu TV crime reporter. When crimes from the past touch friends and family, Auntie Bee and Tawnie- with a little help from a historian- face down the past in hopes of finding justice and healing for the victims and their descendants. Award-winning author Janet Oakley brings history to her collection of three cozy mystery novellas set on the Big Island of Hawaii: Coconut IslandMemories are dangerousInvestigative reporter Tawnie Takahashi is no stranger to mysteries, but can she handle one steeped in her own family's history? A box of letters from a WWII soldier stationed on the Big Island is found at the Big Island Historical Society and unlocks painful memories for Wendy's Great Aunt Bee. Bee's older sister was swept away in the 1946 tsunami, but now Wendy suspects she was murdered first. As she delves into the mystery, Tawnie meets a group of nonagenarians who were at the USO center on Coconut Island during the war. One is a hero. Another is a cold-blooded murderer.Volcano HouseAncient Curse. Precious ManuscriptAuntie Bee Takahashi is turning 80 and her friends in the U'ilani Book Lovers Club are planning a big celebration up at historic Volcano House. Plans take a dangerous turn when a long missing manuscript of The Bottle Imp, Robert Louis Stevenson's great horror story, shows up among Bee's stack of books. Tied to an unsolved murder 125 years old at the old Kilauea hotel, someone doesn't want the crime to come out. When weird accidents and mysterious happenings threaten Auntie Bee and members of her book club, her great-niece crime reporter Tawnie Takahashi will have to step in to keep her safe. At the heart of her investigation, are the secrets behind two warring families spanning four generations and a land grab.Hilina PaliPast lies have consequenesOn the seventy-seventh anniversary of the death of a local man serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps on the Big Island, retired school teacher, Auntie Bee Takahashi, receives a mysterious envelope. Items in it point to an old injustice with tragic consequences. With the help of her great niece, ace TV crime reporter Wendy Takahashi, and a local historian, she races to discover the source of the photos and articles and prevent another tragedy from happening at Hilina Pali.
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