Murder Casts a Shadow

by Kneubuhl, Victoria Nalani

• ISBN13: 9780824832179
• ISBN10: 0824832175
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Summary

New Year's Eve, 1934. While Honolulu celebrates with champagne and fireworks, someone is making away with the Bishop Museum's portrait of King Kalakaua and its curator. A series of brutal murders follows, and an unlikely pair, newspaper reporter Mina Beckwith and visiting playwright Ned Manusia, find themselves investigating a twisted trail of clues in an attempt to recover the painting and uncover the killer.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Happy New Year	p. 4
Mina's Appointment	p. 10
The Fun Begins	p. 17
How Gardens Grow	p. 26
Anger and the Arts	p. 31
The Watchers	p. 36
Cocktail Hour	p. 42
What Girls Know	p. 47
Questions	p. 56
Dramas Unfold	p. 61
The Valley of Shadows	p. 71
A Shifting Tide	p. 78
Secrets Past and Present	p. 84
News Travels	p. 90
Tipsy Turvy	p. 98
Truth Doesn't Hurt	p. 103
Happy Birthdays	p. 109
Loose Ends	p. 114
Paniolo Country	p. 120
Grandma Hannah's Story	p. 124
Out Riding	p. 130
Bulls and Birds	p. 134
Watch Where You Step	p. 144
A Busy Night	p. 149
Night Reading	p. 154
Collectibles	p. 160
The White Glove Treatment	p. 163
Past Present Tense	p. 165
Hunting and Gathering	p. 171
Meetings	p. 180
Little Dramas	p. 195
Missing Pieces	p. 203
Speaking Confidentially	p. 210
Dark Eyes Hide Secrets	p. 220
Crossing Tracks	p. 231
Unscheduled	p. 239
Recovery Plans	p. 250
A Close Wilderness	p. 255
Doors That Open and Close	p. 263
Curtain	p. 270
Acknowledgments	p. 277
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