IX. A Madison Mis-Memory

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

Coincidences (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Part Twenty-Two)

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

I can hardly say I lived by a frozen lake, on cigarettes and beer,my diet at night, when I’d hear … More

Eventually we may all sort of maybe guess at whatour reviews were, what they might have said about usover the … More

Yu’s face broke into an enormous smile, his laugh seemed genuine. That mask, so practiced was this man in appearing devoid … More

I charged into the heart of darkness, Madison at 2:00 a.m.,so ominous the way it looked like anywhere else, maybeeven … More

Yu’s lip quivered, a spark of anger in his eyes. “I’m afraid we may never know, Mister Chan. She disappeared while she … More

Glancing at the driver’s license photo, she thought it not very flattering and dropped it in the wastebasket. She wouldn’t use … More

As he stood there marveling at the trappings of incredible wealth, David Chan thought only about his father, how the … More

Walking backward now I watch myself, my face reversedin the mirrored glass. I open it and turn the clock handsback to … More

Kahala was one of the ritziest districts in all of Hawai‘i. Homes on the beach were the mansions of millionaires many … More

I think there was air, but I had trouble finding it,between talking with you and passing out, I madeshort exploratory … More

The first thing Chan noticed when he entered the room was Yamamoto’s huge bandage. “Vic,” he said, “if I were … More

I see when I have finally walked almost to the endof this said old oak forest, and I am going, … More