James Polkinghorn. Liquid Shades of Blue. Oceanview, 2023. We have received a number of novels from Oceanview Publishing, we have enjoyed all of them, and that includes the new Liquid Shades of Blue. We have noted occasionally some books are hard to categorize. This is one. It is marketed as a thriller, and it is … Continue reading Liquid Shades of Blue – Review
Robert McCaw. Retribution. Oceanview, 2023. A Koa Kāne Mystery. Retribution is the latest installment in the tales of Hawaii police detective Koa Kāne. Excluding a volcano disaster in one of his stories, I believe Retribution has the largest body count of these mysteries. But what a tale it is! The young detective Makanui Ka’uhane, whom … Continue reading Retribution – Review
Robert McCaw. Treachery Times Two. Oceanview, 2022. A Koa Kāne Mystery. Robert McCaw has hooked us with his Koa Kāne novels. Treachery Times Two is the fourth in the series starring our native Hawaiian police detective. This may be the best one yet. This tale keeps the reader guessing with surprises to the very end. … Continue reading Treachery Times Two – Review
Tammy Euliano. Fatal Intent. Oceanview, 2021. We have noted that Oceanview publishing seems to pick some truly entertaining and suspenseful novels, including the Koa Kāne novels we have reviewed here. Fatal Intent is no different. Readers who get involved in the story will find their heart rates increasing. I use the medical language because our … Continue reading Fatal Intent – Review
Robert McCaw. Death of a Messenger. Oceanview, 2015. Chronologically, this is apparently the first of the Koa Kāne Hawaiian Mysteries. We have reviewed a couple of the sequels to this one. As with the other two stories, McCaw takes us into the island culture by telling a gripping tale. In the first chapter, an anonymous … Continue reading Death of a Messenger – Review
Robert McCaw. Fire and Vengeance. Oceanview, 2020. We enjoyed the first Koa Kāne mystery we read. This one, actually the third in the series, is just as intense. And like the other, a story like this could only happen in the fiftieth state. Very simply, the volcano overlooking the city of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, lets off … Continue reading Fire and Vengeance – Review
Robert McCaw. Off the Grid. Sarasota FL: Oceanview, 2019. Print. I confess this book got my attention because it is set on one of my favorite places in the world—the “Big Island” of Hawaii. Not that I get to travel that much, but I have been there twice and would not mind visiting again if … Continue reading Off the Grid – Review
John Mangan. Into a Dark Frontier. Longboat Key FL: Oceanview, 2017. Print. Into a Dark Frontier defines the page turner. There is one problem and one conflict after another. It becomes almost surprising where the novel ends up. While most international thrillers are formulaic, this novel is unpredictable. The first few chapters are fast but … Continue reading Into a Dark Frontier – Review