


There is scant attention paid to the setting, which was a disappointment. There is overmuch conversation between the chef and her sous sorting out theories of the case: who is trying to murder the potential victim? Much of that ought to be internal dialogue for the reader. All of the characters - good and bad - seem overdrawn and unidimensional. Her niece is the most perfect of little girls. Her sous chef is a private investigator who knows everything and everybody. The characters in this novel are too perfect to be credible. It perhaps represents a sub-genre which could be called "attempted murder mystery." The setting is the paradisiacal Island of Kaua'i. This is a self-published cozy murder mystery in which no one commits murder. Not one to scoff at the law, I read this book (and several others of its ilk). The characters in this novel are too perfect to be credib According to the Laws of the Medes and Persians, one vacationing in Hawai'i is required to read cheesy murder mysteries set in Hawai'i while in Hawai'i. moreĪccording to the Laws of the Medes and Persians, one vacationing in Hawai'i is required to read cheesy murder mysteries set in Hawai'i while in Hawai'i. But because of it all there was an actually very happy ending!!. I actually did not guess this one-it caught me unaware. He, of course agreed to try and help figure out who wanted her dead. Someone was trying to kill her!!īesides being Dani's sou chef-he was also a private eye. Plenty went on but then the owner's wife had to ask for help.

Everything was supplied for them-including a Nanny and all their meals cooked for them at the separate cottage (more like an extremely large apartment!Īll the other guests were also extremely wealthy and people who did business with the owner. They were even allowed to bring their niece and her small dog. When Dani and Arthur agree to do a catering job at a very rich couples house in Hawaii they were thrilled. They were from all over the w I would love to get a job (all expense paid) in Hawaii. Everything was supplied for them-including a Nanny and all their meals cooked for them at the separate cottage (more like an extremely large apartment! All the other guests were also extremely wealthy and people who did business with the owner. I would love to get a job (all expense paid) in Hawaii. Sit back and take an armchair trip to Hawaii while Dani and Arthur search for a motive – and the person who wanted to kill the host’s beautiful wife!. His resort compound, where he and his wife live, is impenetrable, so who would have had access to her bedroom and her pillbox? They’re thrust into the investigation of the attempted murder of their host’s high-profile wife.
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When Dani and Arthur agree to cater a special dinner party in Kauai, they plan on doing nothing afterward but show Anna, Dani’s ten-year-old niece, how to surf and snorkel. When the beautiful Asian talk show hostess, Wrong! When the beautiful Asian talk show hostess, The wife of their client, Is targeted for murder, There goes the Hawaiian vacation! When Dani and Arthur agree to cater a special dinner party in Kauai, they plan on doing nothing afterward but sho It seemed pretty simple.Īnd then spend some time surfing and sunbathing. Cater an event on the island of Kauai For wealthy businessmen And then spend some time surfing and sunbathing.
