Professor Molly Mysteries

It's another faculty retreat at Mahina State University, "Where Your Future Begins Tomorrow." Professor Molly struggles to stay awake. Her best friend Dr. Emma Nakamura does her best not to throttle anyone (a particular challenge in the case of newbie know-it-all Kyle Stockhausen). But then the Trust Fall exercise goes horribly wrong. And things get a lot more interesting. Is it murder? Or just the worst meeting of the semester?

Newly single and far from home, Professor Molly Barda just wants to stay out of trouble until she gets tenure at remote Mahina State University ("Where Your Future Begins Tomorrow!"). But then Jimmy Tanaka, the ruthless founder of the popular Merrie Musubis lunch shop, pledges a huge donation to Molly's college-and promptly disappears. Molly's bottom-line-obsessed dean tasks her with locating Tanaka (and the promised money). As Molly untangles ancient feuds and uncovers old scandals, she starts to fall for Mahina's most eligible bachelor-who happens to be the missing mogul's main competitor. The Musubi Murder is for mystery lovers Hawaii expatriates disillusioned academics anyone who fancies Spam (the meat).

Professor Molly investigates a mysterious paddling accident, and discovers that it isn't just business majors who cheat to get what they want. Whether it's moving up in the college rankings, getting a seat in the big canoe race, or just looking out for themselves, some people will do whatever it takes to get ahead.

Forced to attend the Student Retention Office's summer retreat, Professor Molly brings her game of buzzword bingo to fend off boredom. But when a serial harasser collapses face-first into his haupia cheesecake, the event goes from dull to disastrous. Now Molly has to fight to keep her best friend out of the worst kind of trouble - and herself off the unemployment line. If you like Dorothy Parker, P.G. Wodehouse, or E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia stories, you'll enjoy this tale of passion, pilferage, and petty politics in the middle of the Pacific.