You can’t turn around and follow your sweetbread and malasada crumb trail back in time.Frighteningly, friend, it’s been sucked up … More
Tag: #WriterSunday
The Whys of Old Age (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Part 35)
Chan asked Detectives Kalākaua and Fernandez, the first to arrive, to process the scene. The Honolulu Fire Department was hosing down … More
Open Water
I really can’t remember a greatest fear growing up. Maybegoing to the dentist. That all changed with the movie Jaws. I used … 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
Grab What You Need
I remember when Preparation H was the most shoplifted item from Longs. I found this out the hard way late one … More
More Bodies (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Part Twenty-One)
Just then Captain Kauhane came over. “Guys, sorry to dump another folder on you, but I think we’ve got something related … More
IV. Mad City
Eventually we may all sort of maybe guess at whatour reviews were, what they might have said about usover the … More
Throne of Blood (A David Chan Mystery, Part Fourteen)
Kahala was one of the ritziest districts in all of Hawai‘i. Homes on the beach were the mansions of millionaires many … More
Secret Friends
I picked up the phone and pretended to haveconversations with you, imitating my parentsthe way kids do. But you never seemed … More
Careful (A David Chan Mystery, Part Seven)
“Dave?” Chan called, walking into the house. He checked his watch. 9:30. The kid was only 16. Where was he? But Chan still had enough … More
World of War
Here’s a peace of Hawai‘ithat’s in a part of Honoluluwhere I breathe hanging bymy knees so Pauoa Valley’s a mountainand … More
Second Thoughts (Part Sixteen)
Yamamoto took one look at Chan and knew something bad had gone down. “David, you okay?” Chan shook his head. He told … More
Visitor (Part Nine)
Chan parked in the long driveway of Stenton’s Lurline Drive mansion, behind a beat-up Chevy Deluxe. The rusty car had to … More
It’s Odd (Part Two)
It began on a sunny, blue-skyed Monday morning. According to the blind magazine vendor on the ground floor of the Pacific … More
Safety First (950)
What the hell? I glanced around the room, my heart beating like crazy, my breath coming in sharp, shallow stabs. I thought … More
Let It Snow Part III (500)
Once again my heart rate went up as I carried my Martin guitar through the gate. They passed me along, maybe … More
Wanted (650)
One father loved, one father, well, if not hated, at least not liked. I woke up in a sweat. An old … More
Wanhei (300)
Up through the ‘60s, Wanhei was the wild west of Korea, crime the number-one occupation and murder the number-one pastime. Gangs … More
Suspicion (150)
Victor Yamamoto stared at the note, then eyeballed each of his colleagues. No one said he’d taken the message from … More
The Price (325)
David Chan returned to headquarters. Victor Yamamoto didn’t mention his suspicions about Rudy the barber’s death. He told Chan about the wounded … More
