To Catch the Setting Sun
by Richard I. Levine
Suspense/Thriller
There’s a
killer loose on the island of Oahu. His targets? Young, native-Hawaiian
women. But it also appears that he’s targeting and taunting Honolulu
police detective Henry Benjamin who knew each victim and whose wife,
Maya, had been the first name on that list. In addition to battling his
personal demons, this New York transplant’s aggressive style didn’t sit
well with his laid-back colleagues who viewed Henry’s uncharacteristic
lack of progress in the investigation as evidence that fueled ongoing
rumors that he could be the killer. Was he, or could it have been
someone within the municipal hierarchy with a vendetta? As it was, after
thirteen years on the job Henry had been disillusioned with paradise.
His career choice long killed any fantasy of living in a grass hut on a
wind-swept beach, being serenaded by the lazy sounds of the ocean and a
slack key guitar. Instead, it had opened his eyes to a Hawaii that
tourists will never see.
Book Information
Release Date: August 22, 2022
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Soft Cover: ISBN: 978-1509243297; 320 pages; $17.99; eBook $5.99
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Rl42Aw
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The reflection from scattered tiki torches competed with the moonlight
flickering off the rhythmic ripples rolling across the black velvet
lagoon. Gentle trade winds, carrying the sweet peach-like scent of
plumeria, teased the palm fronds as easily as they tickled the torch
lights—clearly a welcomed reprieve from five straight days of stifling
temperatures. A catamaran and a couple of small outrigger canoes, their
artfully painted fiberglass hulls made to look like the wood of ancient
Koa trees, were pulled up along the sandy shoreline. The heavy beat of
drums reverberated off the tall palms and set the tempo for a half-dozen
pair of grass-skirted hips dancing on the main stage while vacationers
laughed, ogled, and stuffed their faces with shredded pork, scoops of
lomi salmon, steaming flavored rice wrapped in Ti leaves, thick juicy
slices of pineapple, papaya, mango, and freshly roasted macadamia nuts
that were all artfully displayed on wide banana-leaf- covered
centerpieces. They sat cross-legged in the sand, sipping mai tais from
plastic cups made to look like hollowed-out coconut shells, lost in a
tropical fantasy that came complete with a souvenir snapshot taken with
an authentic hula girl—the perfect paradise as portrayed on the website.
The noise from the music, chanting, and laughter drowned out the
frantic noise of the nearby kitchen, and it drowned out the desperate
pleas and painful cries of Makani Palahia from the far side of the beach
at Auntie Lily’s Luau Cove and Hawaiian Barbecue.
Richard I
Levine is a native New Yorker raised in the shadows of Yankee Stadium.
After dabbling in several occupations and a one-year coast to coast
wanderlust trip, this one-time volunteer fireman, bartender, and store
manager returned to school to become a chiropractor. A twenty-three-year
cancer survivor, he’s a strong advocate for the natural healing arts.
Levine has four Indy-published novels and his fifth work, To Catch The
Setting Sun, is published by The Wild Rose Press and was released in
August 2022. In 2006 he wrote, produced and was on-air personality of
the Dr. Rich Levine show on Seattle’s KKNW 1150AM and after a
twenty-five year practice in Bellevue, Washington, he closed up shop in
2017 and moved to Oahu to pursue a dream of acting and being on Hawaii
5-O. While briefly working as a ghostwriter/community liaison for a
local Honolulu City Councilmember, he appeared as a background actor in
over twenty-five 5-Os and Magnum P.Is. Richard can be seen in his first
co-star role in the Magnum P.I. third season episode “Easy Money”. He
presently resides in Hawaii.
Visit Richard’s Amazon Page or connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Goodreads.
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