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| WHERE THERE’S SMOKE…THERE’S MURDER Kimo returns in the third book in the Mahu series |
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Six months have passed since Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapaka'a's return to Honolulu from his undercover
assignment on the North Shore. He's becoming more comfortable with his visibility as Honolulu's
only openly gay homicide detective, including mentoring a group of gay teens.
Kimo, his family and friends are attending a local charity event in support of gay marriage when a bomb disrupts the gala. Kimo is determined to find out who feels strongly enough against the issue to kill-- but it's possible that his high profile will stand in his way. |
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With hunky fireman Mike Riccardi at his side—day and night—Kimo digs through the ashes to find that not only is heat dangerous for the heart, but that fire can burn through the hottest of motives. |
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| Guest Blogging | ||
I'll be popping up around the internet for the next few weeks,
doing some interviews and guest blogs. Here are some of the places you can look for me:
Alyson Books Hey, There's a Dead Guy in the Living Room The Lipstick Chronicles - May 4 Interview at Best Gay Blogs Interview with Gaydar Nation |
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| MAHU SURFER | ||
THREE DEAD SURFERS: ONLY ONE COP WHO CAN FIND THEIR KILLER a finalist for the 2007 Lambda Award for Best Gay Mystery |
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MAHU SURFER, Neil Plakcy’s second mystery novel, sends openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka back to his surfing past. Rather than announce Kimo’s public return to the HPD after the events of MAHU, his new boss asks the former competitive surfer to go undercover on Oahu’s North Shore to find the killer of three young surfers. In his return to the North Shore, Kimo discovers trouble in paradise, from an epidemic rise in the use of crystal meth to increasing pressure on real estate prices. As well, he rekindles an uneasy friendship with an old friend whose sexual assault drove Kimo into the police academy, and further into the closet, six years earlier. |
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MAHU SURFER showcases a handsome, sexy hero who struggles to overcome personal troubles and makes private sacrifices for the public good. Throw in an exotic tropical locale, plenty of aloha spirit and a dash of surf culture, as well as a slam-bang ending that puts Kimo and the people he cares about in danger, and you’ve got the makings of a page-turning mystery.
With the help of Professor Robert Buford of BCC's communications department, I've made a short movie advertising my new mystery novel, Mahu Surfer. You can watch it in Quicktime format, MP4 format, or on your video iPod (right-click the iPod link and save the target file in order to play on your iPod). You'll need the latest QuickTime software to watch the first two, though. Click here to buy Mahu Surfer at Amazon.com. |
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Haworth Press's edition of MAHU is out of print, though you can probably still find copies out there. Alyson Books will be issuing a new edition in fall 2008.
You can e-mail me for more information about Māhū or to be added to my mailing list. I'll notify you when I have a new book out, but I promise I won't spam you! |
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| Kimo Kanapa'aka's world turns upside down in MAHU. At 32, the hero of
Māhū has reached the pinnacle of his profession, detective
on the Honolulu Police Department's homicide squad, based at the
Waikīkī station. But a difficult murder case, as well as
turmoil in his personal life, is about to threaten everything he
has worked for. A life-threatening drug bust in chapter 1 makes Kimo realize that it's time to stop lying to himself. He's drawn to the Rod and Reel Club, a gay bar in Waikīkī, where he has a couple of beers and begins the long process of accepting his attraction to other men. Leaving the club, though, he stumbles onto two men dropping a dead body in an alley, and he launches himself into a nightmare where his private life becomes public news. |
| Kimo's pursuit of this case takes him from the seamy underside of Chinatown to the elegance of million-dollar homes in Maunalani Heights, from gay bars where young men stride naked down runways to bloody crime scenes. | ||
| Hard Hats: Gay Erotic Stories | ||
| I've edited a collection of erotica called Hard Hats. Click here to learn more about it. | ||
| Paws and Reflect | |
Now Available in trade paperback:
Paws and Reflect: A Special Bond Between Man and Dog Click here to buy Paws and Reflect at Amazon.com. Sharon Sakson and I have collaborated on this collection of stories about gay men around the US and the close connections they have with their dogs. Contributors include Edward Albee, Charles Busch, Lev Raphael, Alistair McCartney and David Mizejewski, host of Animal Planet's Backyard Habitat. |
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