A Mysterious Review of …
Aloha, Lady Blue by Charley Memminger. A Stryker McBride Mystery.
Review summary: The murder mystery in this debut novel is far too complicated and convoluted; the way it develops and is resolved seems rather ill-suited for the character and not in keeping with the overall tone of the book. It almost appears as if the author is trying too hard to find a voice that isn't his hoping it all gels in the end. It doesn't miss by much, but miss it does. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Aloha, Lady Blue
Charley Memminger
A Stryker McBride Mystery
Minotaur Books (January 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Stryker McBride is a former crime reporter who lives on a hugely expensive houseboat, the "Travis McGee". When Stryker receives an unexpected SOS call from a sultry beauty queen, he agrees to look into the suspicious death of the woman's grandfather. As Stryker investigates, he encounters a cast of characters as diverse as Hawaii itself, including Auntie Kealoha, a charming entertainer turned mobster, and her 400 pound right-hand man, a Chinese-Hawaiian named Tiny Maunakea. Soon, Stryker discovers a deadly secret buried deep in the heart of Hawaii that has consequences much larger than one old man's death.
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