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A "lei'd back" lifestyle that's anything but... Dive into an exhilarating journey of mystery and suspense with Wilson McKenna, a former skip tracer turned apartment manager. McKenna's latest tenant …
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Wilson McKenna never wrote a bad check in his life. So how did he end up with $4,000 in returned checks on an island he’s never been to? He knows one thing, make that two, the bank wants their money, …
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Former skip tracer McKenna flies to the Big Island of Hawaii to help find his best friend’s missing niece. No sooner has McKenna’s search begun than he’s got a teenage hacker messing with his …
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McKenna witnesses a fight over a precious lei niho palaoa in a coffee shop and soon finds the man dead on the streets of Honolulu. McKenna and PI wannabe Chance Logan are determined to find the lei …
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Former skip tracer turned amateur sleuth McKenna teams up with private-investigator wannabe Chance Logan in this Murder She Wrote meets Magnum, PI mystery. From Honolulu’s ghetto to its wealthiest …
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Amateur sleuth McKenna’s latest client is ten-year-old surfing sensation Kai Palakiko. Kai is precocious, fearless, and determined to prove her nanny is not a murderer. Against his better judgement, …
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Not even the freak hurricane bearing down on Honolulu can dampen Wilson McKenna’s holiday spirit. His girlfriend is coming to town, and they’ll be celebrating their first Christmas together. …
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Whatever happened to easy? McKenna had the perfect cover for his plan to propose marriage. He and his girlfriend Benni would help his elderly tenant, Mrs. Nakamura, fly to Maui for a visit with her …
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The theft of a hot new fragrance leads to murder and a tangled web of deceit in this new Trouble in Paradise mystery. More trouble in paradise for McKenna and Chance Honolulu landlord Wilson McKenna …
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On the Take in WaikikiHonolulu philanthropist Kenji Ito has gone missing. His daughter is worried something has happened to him. So, she asks former skip tracer McKenna and his PI-wannabe …
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Mystery of the Eight Islands McKenna and Chance Logan are back in the 11th Trouble in Paradise Mystery Apartment manager and amateur sleuth McKenna wants a break from solving murders. Too bad his …
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The dramatic Hawaiian sunset colors often serve as my inspiration for descriptions of scenes in the Trouble in Paradise Mysteries.