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Hawaiian Mystery Books and Series

A collection of mystery novels and mystery stories set in the Hawaiian Islands.

Ben McMillen Hawaiian Mystery Series by Mark Brown

Game Face
Author: Mark Brown
Publisher: Ox Bow Press
Date Published: May 1992
Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches
Number of Pages: 297

The Puna Kahuna
Author: Mark Brown
Publisher: Ox Bow Press
Date Published: September 1993
Dimensions: 1.0 x 6.5 x 9.2 inches
Number of Pages: 287

Yellowfin
Author: Mark Brown
Publisher: Ox Bow Press
Date Published: June 1992
Dimensions: 1.0 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches
Number of Pages: 250

John Caine Hawaii Mystery Series by Charles Knief

Emerald Flash
Author: Charles Knief
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Date Published: May 15, 2000
Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
Number of Pages: 304

Diamond Head
Author: Charles Knief
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: October 1996
Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
Number of Pages: 234

Silversword
Author: Charles Knief
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Date Published: June 22, 2001
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
Number of Pages: 400

Sand Dollars: Hot Bodies, Cool Cash, Cold Blooded Murder
Author: Charles Knief
Publisher: St. Martin's Dead Letter
Date Published: February 15, 1999
Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
Number of Pages: 304

Kai Cooke "Surfing Detective" Hawaii Mystery Series by Chip Hughes

Wipeout!
Author: Chip Hughes
Publisher: Island Heritage Publishing
Date Published: January 1, 2007
Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
Number of Pages: 200
Binding: Paperback
Description: Murder mystery novel featuring surfing detective Kai Cooke.

Murder on Molokai
Author: Chip Hughes
Publisher: Island Heritage Publishing
Date Published: October 2004
Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6inches
Number of Pages: 207
Description: Murder mystery novel featuring surfing detective Kai Cooke.

Lahaina Mystery Series by ?

Book 7: Out of Sight
Author: Barbara E. Sharp
Date Published: Estimated November of 2009

Book 6: Relative Chaos
Author: Barbara E. Sharp

Book 5: The Fifth Book
Author: Barbara E. Sharp
Publisher: Hignell
Date Published: January 1, 2005

Book 4: The Wind Mists
Author: Barbara E. Sharp
Publisher: Hignell
Date Published: 2003

Book 3: The Right Time
Author: Barbara E. Sharp
Publisher: Hignell
Date Published: 2002

Book 2: The Third Spy
Author: Barbara E. Sharp
Publisher: Hignell
Date Published: 2001

Book 1: The Last Smythe
Author: Barbara E. Sharp
Publisher: Highnell
Date Published: 2001
Number of Pages: 216

Storm Kayama Mystery Series by Deborah Turrell Atkinson

Pleasing the Dead
Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Date Published: February 10, 2009
Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
Number of Pages: 284

Fire Prayer
Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Date Published: August 15, 2007
Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
Number of Pages: 252

Green Room
Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Date Published: August 15, 2007
Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Number of Pages: 258

Primitive Secrets
Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Date Published: October 1, 2005
Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.0 x 0.7 inches
Number of Pages: 241

Vintage Hawaiian Mystery Series by Juanita Sheridan

The Kahuna Killer
Author: Juanita Sheridan
Publisher: Rue Morgue Press
Date Published: April 2002
Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
Number of Pages: 155

The Mamo Murders
Author: Juanita Sheridan
Publisher: Rue Morgue Press
Date Published: August 2002
Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
Number of Pages: 155

The Waikiki Widow
Author: Juanita Sheridan
Publisher: Rue Morgue Press
Date Published: October 2003
Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
Number of Pages: 156

Juanita Sheridan also wrote a mystery novel called The Chinese Chop but it was not set in Hawaii like the above books, it was set in new York City.

Other Hawaii Mystery Books

Bones of the Kuhina Nui: A Kohala Coast Mystery
Author: Michael A. Herr
Publisher: Lulu
Date Published: April 2006
Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.6 inches
Number of Pages: 183

Death on Diamond Head: A Kimo Rigg Mystery
Author: John Madinger
Publisher: Watermark Publishing
Date Published: January 11, 2008
Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.0 x 0.6 inches
Number of Pages: 184

Escape to Hawaii
Author: R. David Hunter
Publisher: Sterlinghouse Publisher
Date Published: July 2004
Dimensions: 2.3 x 10.9 x 0.6 inches
Number of Pages: 192

Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii
Author: Lee Goldberg
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: June 30, 2006
Number of Pages: 304

Murder Casts a Shadow: A Hawaii Mystery
Author: Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Date Published: August 2008
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
Number of Pages: 276

Murder in Hawaii
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
Date Published: March 2000
Dimensions: 1.0 x 4.2 x 7.0 inches
Number of Pages: 352

Poisoned Palms
Author: Dorothea Buckingham
Publisher:
Date Published: October 15, 2005
Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1 inches
Number of Pages: 352
Description: Fictionalized story interwoven with the true life events surrounding the death of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford. Set in 1905 at the Palms Hotel in Honolulu. See also Doctor Robert Cutler's non-fiction book The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford.

Teed-Off Ghost: A Hawaiian Golf Mystery
Author: Lee Tyler
Publisher: Fithian Press
Date Published: April 2002
Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
Number of Pages: 205

Katrina Ogden Myster Books by Victoria Heckman (for young adults)
  • KO'd in Honolulu (2008)
  • KO'd in the Rift (2005)
  • KO'd in the Volcano (2003)



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