historical-novel, historical-places-events, historical-research, Hawaii, private-investigators, murder, murder-investigation, swindles****

Not an unbiased review as I really like the work of Bill Pronzini. This is one of an interrelated series but, other than the recent wedding between John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter of their investigative agency, there is nothing to make it a problem for a reader to just hop in with any of the series. Quincannon is avidly on the trail of a pair of hucksters from California who absconded with a pile of stock certificates and bearer bonds and have moved on to pull another scheme in Hawaii. Once there, the Sabina falls into a case on her own so there are actually two interesting mysteries being solved. The sleuthing is always good, the twists and red herrings exciting, and the characters fun.
I requested and received a free temporary ebook copy from Macmillan-Tor/Forge Books via NetGalley. ( )