Siren Song This Way

I often hear it pierce through everythingthat bouncing glitter of your voiceagainst the pane of slumping glasssee the black clouds … More

How Crime Pays (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Part 28)

Yamamoto was on the phone when Chan came back to his desk. Just as he sat, his partner hung up the … More

I’m headed for St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, as they call it in Gaelic. I … More

Island Heritage Insurance was not a huge company. There were seven agents housed in a two-story building on Fort Street. After … More

He was almost to the hospital lobby when the blackout happened. Fortunately, as does nearly every hospital, Queen’s has a back-up … More

“David.” Yamamoto pulled Chan out of his marriage license mind wandering. “Take a look at this.” Yamamoto laid a sheet of paper … More

My father was drafted into active service in the U.S. Army on February 24, 1941. Exactly one year later, on … More

Deciding it would be better not to do so, Chan did not mention to Yamamoto that Nina Goo had called … More

I remember when Preparation H was the most shoplifted item from Longs. I found this out the hard way late one … More

Chan had a second beer, then lay down to try to get some sleep. He had a bad feeling sleep would … More

So they don’t look like ones, you taught me, thatwill bring us back to all the music in Madison held … More

Chan sat on his lānai sucking on a Primo beer, looking out over the Honolulu city lights. There was no doubt … More

i.My poor dance of memory means I can’t quite reconfigure you,a fool’s waltz round to think today, remembering how we … More

The Elite crew had gone to a plate-lunch truck several blocks away. The boss, Chris Smart, had forgone lunch to catch … More

i.You grow a green world, have a green thumb, I see,and I gladly enter into your loamy scented Eden,hung with … More

Just then Captain Kauhane came over. “Guys, sorry to dump another folder on you, but I think we’ve got something related … More

I can still picture the pair of fuzzy dice swingingfrom my little orange Karmann Ghia’s rearview mirror.I never knew whether to … More

Just as his father and his grandfather had been, Lieutenant David Chan was acknowledged as the best detective in the … More

i.I don’t know if it was the auburn hair with golden highlights,or the bright red lipstick smile, the dashing scarf … More

Chan’s anger rose again. Who was Yamamoto to question him? “David,” said Yamamoto, “what’s her alibi for yesterday?” Chan’s anger shifted … More