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Blogging Basics for Beginners

Social Networking and Lifestyle

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BLOGGING BASIC FOR BEGINNERS Catch Up on the Blogosphere in the 21st Century! Blogging and social...

All I Am: Drew's Story (A This Man Novella)

Jodi Ellen Malpas

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A new novella featuring Drew from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling This Man trilogy ...

Romance This Man Series

Dorothy Must Die

Danielle Paige

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The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark new series that reimagines the Oz saga, from...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2379 KP) rated Iced in Paradise in Books

Apr 15, 2020

Tracking an Ice-Cold Killer

Leilani Santiago has returned from Seattle to the island of Kauai to help run her family’s shave ice shack. Unfortunately, that means dealing with family dynamics, including her estranged father. He’s returned now with Luke, his newest surfing protégé, for a local competition. The morning of the competition, Leilani finds Luke dead on the floor of the shave ice shack. With her father as the prime suspect, Leilani begins to investigate. Can she find the truth?

This book is written in first person present tense, which took a couple of chapters to get used to, but once I did, I had no trouble getting lost in the story. The mystery with strong with plenty of suspects, yet things make sense when Leilani finds the truth. Like other books Naomi Hirahara has written, family dynamics are also a strong storyline, and they weave in and out without taking over from the mystery. This helps us get to know the characters, and I grew to love them as I read. I did struggle with the Pigeon English the characters speak; at times it really slowed me down as I worked to translate what they were saying. But that was my only complaint. The book left me feeling like I’d visited Kauai but craving shave ice.