Looking for a great book to read to get you in the mood for the summer? You should pick up MURDER, SHE WROTE, ALOHA BETRAYED by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain to go along with the sunscreen and flip flops.
Jessica takes a working vacation, so to speak to Hawaii to give lectures at the Maui College along with retired detective Mike Kane. If you know Jessica, then you know that even a trip to the sunny islands will not go without a murder to solve.
On Jessica's first day there she meets Mala Kapul, a professor at the college who has strong beliefs about Haleakala volcano. She is active in keeping it preserved from those who feel that a solar telescope built on the mountain will be a great asset to the islands. Then the worst happens and Mala is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. It looks like this botanist should have known better than to search for new plant life on the edge of a dangerous cliff. Surely she was not that careless or did someone push her to her death?
Jessica with the help of Mike, interviews those that knew Mala, friends and foes. Could it be someone who did not agree with her beliefs on saving Haleakala from a telescope? Perhaps it was just a freak accident? A lot of skeletons seem to come out of the closet and they learn more about the locals than anyone would have guess. Did someone see something that first night during the luau? Will Jessica be able to find out who it was before someone puts a stop to her nosy meddling?
MURDER SHE WROTE:ALOHA BETRAYED is another well-done mystery with suspense waiting around every corner. It has an ending that I didn't see coming with a suspect that left me a little surprised. Let's just say that Jessica has done it again getting to the bottom of things.
New in the USA Today bestselling series—Jessica Fletcher finds herself in a tropical paradise where “aloha” means both hello and goodbye. But sometimes, the goodbye is permanent… Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture at Maui College on community involvement in police investigations—a subject she knows well. Her co-lecturer is legendary retired detective Mike Kane, a behemoth of a man who shares his love of Hawaiian lore, legends and culture with Jessica. Sadly, all the talking stops when the body of a colleague is found at the rocky foot of a cliff. Mala Kapule was a botanist and popular professor at the school, known for her activism and efforts on behalf of the volcanic crater Haleakala. The high altitude crater is already the site of an observatory, but plans to place the world’s largest solar telescope there split the locals, with Mala fiercely arguing to preserve the delicate ecology of the area. Was someone trying to muffle the protestors? Or was Mala’s killer making a more personal statement? Now, it’s up to Jessica, along with Mike, to uncover who was driven to silence the scientist…and betray the true meaning of Aloha.
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