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Kay Hadashi
Full Series List in Order
A Honolulu Thriller
1 - Interisland Flight (Aug-2014)2 - Kama'aina Revenge (Mar-2015)
3 - Tropical Escape (Jul-2015)
4 - Waikiki Threat (Oct-2015)
5 - Rainforest Rescue (Feb-2016)
Island Breeze
1 - Chasing Tradewinds (May-2014)2 - Island Spirit (May-2014)
3 - Honolulu Hostage (Sep-2014)
4 - Maui Time (Sep-2014)
5 - Big Island Business (Jan-2015)
6 - Adrift (Aug-2015)
7 - Molokai Madness (Sep-2015)
8 - Ghost of a Chance (May-2016)
A June Kato Thriller
1 - Kimono Suicide (Dec-2012)2 - Stalking Silk (Jan-2014)
3 - Yakuza Lover (Jun-2013)
4 - Deadly Contact (Oct-2013)
4.5 - Forever June (Dec-2013)
5 - Orchids and Ice (Jun-2014)
6 - Broken Protocol (Jan-2014)
7 - Private Consent (Apr-2023)
8 - Foreign Deceit (May-2023)
A Maui Mystery
1 - A Wave of Murder (Nov-2018)2 - A Hole in One Murder (Nov-2018)
3 - A Moonlit Murder (Jan-2019)
4 - A Spa Full of Murder (Feb-2019)
5 - A Down to Earth Murder (Mar-2019)
6 - A Haunted Murder (May-2019)
7 - A Plan for Murder (Jun-2019)
8 - A Misfortunate Murder (Aug-2019)
9 - A Quest for Murder (Oct-2019)
10 - A Game of Murder (Dec-2019)
A Melanie Kato Adventure
1 - Away (Sep-2016)2 - Faith (Nov-2016)
3 - Risk (Jan-2017)
4 - Rescue (Dec-2016)
5 - Search (Jan-2017)
6 - Quest (Feb-2017)
7 - Mission (May-2017)
8 - Secrets (Jun-2017)
9 - Future (Jul-2017)
10 - Kahuna (Mar-2018)
11 - Directive (May-2018)
A Petrina Pappas Mystery
1 - Deadly Waves (Sep-2023)Book List in Order: 58 titles
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Kimono Suicide
- Dec-2012
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Large Print EditionShe is silent. She is beautiful. And she is dead.Prominent LA neurosurgeon Dr. June Kato finds a dead body in her traditional Japanese garden, a bloody dagger deep in the beautiful woman's belly. But was the young woman murdered or...
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Yakuza Lover
- Jun-2013
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Earn money or regret it. Young Asian women are being forced into the fast-paced world of Los Angeles sex trade--with no way out. When they start turning up dead, local police departments set up a task force to put an end to an organized crime ...
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Bugeisha Dreams
- Sep-2013
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Bugeisha Dreams is a thrilling tale of the Warring Period of feudal Japan. After many tragedies, woman warrior Junko and her sophisticated twin sister inherit their ancestral land from their samurai father. Caretakers of the surrounding peasant villa...
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Deadly Contact
- Oct-2013
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In this intriguing medical mystery, Dr. June Kato is enlisted to find the source of an epidemic of serious brain infections. With each passing twist and turn, she gets closer to the truth, eventually exposing a conspiracy that leads straight to...
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Forever June
- Dec-2013
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Forever June: A Fashion and Romance Novella June Kato has just finished her rigorous training as a neurosurgeon and begins two years of independent research in Japan to further her medical career. No sooner does she get started, she gets a call from...
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Broken Protocol
- Jan-2014
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When a top diplomat--and America's next president--is abducted while out of the country, the White House worries. But when he is returned, the real trouble is just beginning!
When his doctors check over the President-elect, they discover s...
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Stalking Silk
- Jan-2014
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Life and times keep neurosurgeon June Kato busy. She'd love to have a new man in her life, but not the one that keeps calling. When text messages show up on her phone from an unknown sender, things turn weird. The messages are friendly at first, but ...
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Island Spirit
- May-2014
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HER BIGGEST SECRET IS ABOUT TO BE REVEALED!Only wanting to escape the close scrutiny of the paparazzi in LA and to turn over a new leaf, a new house, new job, and a new beginning are exactly what she needs in life. June stuns everyone when she announ...
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Orchids and Ice
- Jun-2014
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ORCHIDS AND ICEConvinced by her family and friends she needs some time away, June Kato takes her first vacation ever. After a redeye flight to paradise, she has a week to meditate, take long runs, and catch up on sleep in a convent lost deep in the r...
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Interisland Flight
- Aug-2014
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INTERISLAND FLIGHTWhen Maui native Keiko Tamura leaves home for the riches of Honolulu, she leaves behind her youth and friends. Along with them, she leaves behind her father--her only family--which breaks her heart. Without the money to cover his re...
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Honolulu Hostage
- Sep-2014
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Honolulu is full of cemeteries, and the legendary ghost stories that go with them. Hearing about a few of the more famous ghosts on a visit to the famous tropical city, pregnant neurosurgeon June Kato plans on keeping a low profile to avoid contact. ...
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Big Island Business
- Jan-2015
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Dr. June Kato is enlisted to help with a long and difficult surgery on an island kahuna in a small town hospital. When she gets there, June discovers the hospital is downhill from a flood of molten lava, picking up speed with each passing day. Seeing...
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Kama'aina Revenge
- Mar-2015
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KAMA'AINA REVENGEKeiko Tamura deals with the scum of the world on two Hawaiian islands, her hometown on Maui and her adopted home of Honolulu. From the corruption of one of Maui's biggest money-making enterprises to fending off the advances of two me...
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Tropical Escape
- Jul-2015
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TROPICAL ESCAPEAgainst her better judgment, a lonely young woman joins forces with the feds to investigate suspicious activities on the tropical Island of Lanai. Behind those activities are foreigners from a hermit kingdom that the US government woul...
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Molokai Madness
- Sep-2015
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Worst vacation ever!When June Kato takes her daughter Melanie to Molokai for a wedding, they expect to have some fun. Most of their adventures that weekend are filled with ghost hunts, from the beaches, across lava fields, and even in their bed and b...
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Waikiki Threat
- Oct-2015
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WAIKIKI THREATFederal asset Keiko Tamura expects guns, bombs, and all manners of thrills in her daily life. What really gets under her skin is the deceit and desperate measures that create those thrills.Keiko and her roommate Megumi join forces once ...
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Rainforest Rescue
- Feb-2016
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RAINFOREST RESCUEIn what looks to be their easiest job for the feds yet, Homeland Security assets and best friends Keiko and Megumi head off to the tropical rain forests of Hawaii to retrieve a stolen laptop computer.Easy until things go wrong, and w...
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Ghost of a Chance
- May-2016
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Ghost of a Chance--Large Print EditionDr. June Kato's dedication to hard work and perfection in her career took her to the top. Now that June has a young daughter, she puts just as much pressure on herself to be the perfect mother. Taking up running ...
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A Hole in One Murder
- Nov-2018
- / Cozy Mystery
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Fate is full of trickery and revenge in this cozy Hawaiian mystery!When a visiting Japanese businessman never shows up to play a round of golf with Maui mayor and surgeon Melanie Kato, she finds a replacement to fill in the foursome. But the sunny da...
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A Wave of Murder
- Nov-2018
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All is bliss on Maui, at least until a mangled body washes ashore on one of the island's most popular beaches.After a quick look by the coroner, the police get involved and label it as a murder. As island mayor, surgeon, and expectant mother, Melanie...
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A Moonlit Murder
- Jan-2019
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When a rowboat washes ashore on a beautiful resort beach on Maui, it brings trouble with it. A vacationing couple is found dead in the rowboat, along with a mysterious little teddy bear. As soon as the police get involved, they discover Maui Mayor an...
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A Spa Full of Murder
- Feb-2019
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A day of relaxation takes a wrong turn when a dead body is discovered at a popular Maui spa.Mayor Melanie is used to solving problems, but this time the stakes are higher than ever. When a co-worker at her friend's spa is found dead in the massage ro...
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A Down to Earth Murder
- Mar-2019
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Peace and quiet on this isle? Not when the mayor is in town!
Maui mayor and surgeon Melanie Kato goes to the neighboring island of Lana'i so she can fill in for a vacationing surgeon, taking her young family along. What starts out as a pea...
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A Haunted Murder
- May-2019
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Melanie Kato takes her young family to Molokai for Halloween and a fun getaway weekend, but a storm is headed in their direction. Trick or Treat just happens to fall on the akua full moon, the one night nightmarchers emerge from their graves in searc...
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A Plan for Murder
- Jun-2019
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One heroineToo many villainsNot enough justiceMelanie Kato has Christmas week off from work and the kids, and all she wants to do is surf the winter swell on her home island of Maui. But trouble comes calling when her house burns to the ground and sh...
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A Misfortunate Murder
- Aug-2019
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When gunfire breaks the Saturday morning peace and quiet on Maui, Melanie Kato ducks for cover. But not for long.Enemies old and new have teamed up when coming after popular island resident Melanie Kato. They've come for blood, and they aren't stoppi...
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A Quest for Murder
- Oct-2019
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This mystery has been centuries in the making!Melanie Kato embarks on a thrilling journey to Japan, where danger lurks around every corner. She'll need to draw on the strength of her ancestors if she is to uncover the truth behind the mysterious deat...
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A Game of Murder
- Dec-2019
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Threats against the Kato family emerge from every corner of the chess board in this mystery!Melanie Kato thinks she's finally kicked the last of the bad guys off her island, but not quite yet. When threats of kidnap and worse plague her family, feder...
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Baffled at the Beach
- May-2020
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Maile wants to put her first week as tour guide behind her by sleeping in.She doesn't get the chance, though, because she has a skin diving tour to give at famous Hanauma Bay. Her trouble starts with the rescue of a suspicious man that nearly drowns....
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Coffee in the Canal
- May-2020
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Trickery and deceit in a mini-skirt.When tour guide Maile Spencer eases her kayak into the Ala Wai Canal, it's for a day of fun in the sun and to help clean junk from the famous waterway. What she never expects is to find a small fortune that belongs...
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Criminal Intent
- Sep-2021
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Ex-cop turned landscape manager Gina Santoro finds more problems than ever in her dream job in Hawaii.When her family crowds into her house, Gina plays tour guide to her mother, who must get as much as she can from her once in a lifetime visit. But w...
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Beach Bummed
- Dec-2021
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Maile Spencer and her troop of Girl Scouts stumble upon a dead body at the beach. That was the best part of their campout.Not enough clues in the case and too much gossip force two Honolulu Police detectives to focus their murder investigation on Mai...
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Cocoa Nuts
- Dec-2021
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What could possibly go wrong when chocolate and caffeine are on the menu? Tour guide Maile Spencer finds out in a hurry!Maile lands in hot water when she leads a tour to Big Island chocolate tasting rooms. It should be an easy deal driving tourists t...
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Hurray for Haolewood
- May-2022
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Home Sweet HomeIf only!Maile gets home from her adventure on the mainland, only to land in the middle of a murder mystery. The tour job was supposed to be simple: drive a film crew from their Waikiki hotel to Kailua Beach each morning for a week ...
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Kingdom of Gold
- Jul-2022
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They say you can never go back. Maybe this time it's worth trying.Part of a diplomatic mission, Maile Spencer reluctantly returns to the tiny Middle Eastern nation where she found so much trouble in the past. No sooner are they there that threats com...
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Seasick to Death
- Nov-2022
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Maile and Nancy get swept up in the theft of two Hawaiian treasures, and facing the culprits and insurmountable odds, they fight back the best way they know how: by reversing the fortunes of the thieves!Maile Spencer never knew how much trouble b...
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Pushing Up Orchids
- Dec-2022
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A deathly chill goes through a hothouse full of orchids when a world famous grower is found dead, his precious plants clutched in his hands.When beloved orchid grower Mr. Arakawa is found dead in his greenhouse, the police focus their investigation o...
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Trip Hazard
- Dec-2022
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Having a hot time on their Christmas honeymoon!After a wedding fit for royalty, Maile, Steve and Nancy hit the road for a honeymoon that won't soon be forgotten. Do they go to a lovely beach resort on Maui? Sightseeing on Kauai? Peace and quiet on Mo...
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Private Consent
- Apr-2023
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Secret Service agents, bodyguards, and a body double can't keep June Kato out of trouble on a trip to Greece.Even before she arrives, things are going wrong. She accompanied a diplomatic delegation headed to an important summit meeting, and they brou...
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Foreign Deceit
- May-2023
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When June Kato visits Tokyo, it's with sightseeing in mind. Little does she realize that she is in for a lot more than temples and gardens.Taking one last stab at her past modeling career, June helps her sister open a new fashion company in Japan by ...
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Aloha Alibi
- Aug-2023
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Trouble starts too early on a Monday morning in Waikiki when three 'floaters' are found at a popular beach. Before police detective Caitlyn Nakamura can even begin investigating the triple murder, she gets a call about a child missing from a school f...
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Deadly Waves
- Sep-2023
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Welcome to Rhodes, Petrina Pappas!Petrina is the newest member of Rhodes' police department, and for as young as she is, she has already attained the rank of Investigative Sergeant. That ruffles the feathers of a few of her new workmates and she suff...
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The Samurai
- Nov-2023
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In the age of the samurai, feudal Japan was ruled by sword and nobility.The daughter of samurai, Junko defends her family's honor against the hostile demands of a neighboring daimyo. But when the powerful tyrant offers a pittance to buy her heritage,...
