Overview

Hawaii just after the war is an unspoiled paradise. Any mystery fan can tell you that won't last. Aloha! It's 1950, and the SS Lurline is steaming into Honolulu harbor. On board are Janice Cameron, coming to celebrate the novel she's written about Hawaii; a boatload of tourists eager to get their leis on; and a few people who are not what they seem. Watching them all-and missing nothing-is the beautiful and enigmatic Lily Wu. Like Janice, she's coming home: While they may have met in New York, they're both Hawaii girls of long standing. But while Janice may be surprised by the changes that the tourists (and their money) have brought to her beloved islands, very little surprises Lily. Which is lucky for Janice, as those surprises get ugly very fast.

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“A book that adds the stimulation of superior workmanship to the excitement of the tale itself, a combination that gives great pleasure” —White Plains Gazette “Lots of authentic colour and cookery” —The Observer “Excellent writing, compelling plots, and a gratifyingly warm relationship between two talented and forceful women” —CrimeReads

“A book that adds the stimulation of superior workmanship to the excitement of the tale itself, a combination that gives great pleasure” —White Plains Gazette “Lots of authentic color and cookery” —The Observer “Excellent writing, compelling plots, and a gratifyingly warm relationship between two talented and forceful women” —CrimeReads

Author Information

Juanita Sheridan (nee Light), born in Oklahoma in 1906, spent her childhood in boarding schools and traversing the American West unsupervised. By her early 20s, broke and with a baby, she landed in LA and hustled hard writing (and selling!) screenplays. When little Ross was adopted by his grandmother, Sheridan lit out for Hawai'i to write in earnest. Escaping an unsuccessful marriage, she left Hawai'i in 1941. After stays in New York and California, she eventually remarried and landed in Mexico, working as a translator and knocking back a regular cocktail of booze and pills. In 1974 her son received a postcard informing him of her death. Incurably restless and likely a terrible mother, Juanita Sheridan made a vital contribution to the mystery genre: her protagonist Lily Wu was the first Asian woman to anchor a series. At a time when Asian characters were often clumsy caricatures, Sheridan depicted Lily and her multiethnic supporting players as nuanced, fully realized human beings.

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