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14 Full-length, Award-Winning Thrillers. 1 Unforgettable Heroine. Meet Sophie: a brilliant Black/Thai cyber expert fighting for justice in paradise—and she doesn’t play by the rules. Set in the heart of Hawaii, this gripping, complete series delivers smart suspense, emotional depth, and nonstop action. Perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner, Gregg Hurwitz, and Lee Child. Get the full series in one addictive box set—over 4,000 pages of pulse-pounding thrills! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I devoured this entire series in days. Sophie is fierce, smart, and refreshingly real.” – Verified Amazon ...

I'm Kat Smith, former Secret Service, current postmaster, and awkward private eye in Ohia, Maui. I'm currently searching for a valuable, historical Hawaiian Christmas ornament gone missing, and I’m the six-foot-something center of controversy as our cozy small-town island mystery swirls with gossip, accusations, old feuds, and new friendships. I have my hot pilot boyfriend Mr. K, the Red Hat Society, and my beloved one-eared cat Tiki on the case—but I’m going to need all the help I can get to find the Queen's Ornament, or the fundraiser organized by my very own Aunt Fae will be a bust...

In paradise, some secrets refuse to stay buried…The Paradise Crime Thriller series continues with this explosive international crime mystery thriller set in the Hawaiian islands. Security expert Sophie Smithson protects Hawaii from cyber threats, but she can't stop thieves from infiltrating Honolulu's museums. They leave no digital trace, disable every alarm, and vanish like ghosts—leaving only white plumerias that suggest this is personal. Sophie races to solve the heists while protecting her two young children. She uncovers an international spy conspiracy that reaches from Hawaii's ...

"A chuckle on every page!"~Reviewer The funny, wild and wacky crime-solving adventures of Kat Smith, a Secret Service Agent turned postmaster sleuth, and her cat Tiki in the tiny town of Ohia, on Maui in Hawaii. Meet colorful characters and solve crimes in a paradise setting you'll never want to leave in this immersive trilogy! "I'm Kat Smith, ex-Secret Service, current Postmaster...and these are my adventures solving crime in the village of Ohia on Maui." gs "This series is my favorite new addiction!"~ Reviewer

Paradise hides a cascade of crime. What would you do if a drug cartel went after your child? Sergeant Lei Texeira teams up with a fellow detective to find out who is who’s threatening her teenaged daughter Malia, a confidential informant for the Maui Police Department. Malia’s fallen into hot water by trying to find out whoever is peddling drugs at her school—and she just might have crossed an organized crime gang with a reach that goes all the way to Hawaii from Mexico. Will the women find answers in time—or will Malia have to pay the ultimate price?

"This series is my top reading escape, with colorful characters you care about, a great setting, good mystery plots--and a funny, heartwarming cat!" ~Reviewer "I'm former Secret Service, current Postal Service...and my little town of Ohia on Maui has crime mysteries as wild and crazy as anything I dealt with in DC!" ~Kat Smith, women sleuth, with her cat Tiki at her side to solve whatever comes up on a tiny island in Hawaii. "I hope this series never ends! Favorite cozies of all time." ~Reviewer

Maui is sacred places, ancient artifacts, and the dark lava of deepest passions.

Nothing ever goes easy for detectives Lei Texeira and Michael Stevens. An investigation into heiau desecrations must take a backseat to the emergence of an enemy who targets those closest to them, leaving shrouds as a calling card. Lei and Stevens face challenges of the body, mind, and heart in this seventh in the best-selling Lei Crime Series.

Sixteen years ago, Sergeant Lei Texeira met Harriet Vierra and Malia, the infant she adopted, in a deadly encounter in Mexico. Now a detective with the Maui Police Department, Harry works with Lei, and Malia, a teen sleuth, is determined to find her lost friend Camille. But Camille is only one of many missing girls. Young women are vanishing across the islands without a trace. Lei and Harry search for answers with the FBI, as Malia secretly conducts her own dangerous investigation: but for the girls taken by traffickers, time is running out.

"This series is my favorite new addiction!"~ Reviewer The coconut wireless is always humming in Ohia, Maui—and the latest topic of gossip is me, Kat Smith. I’m Secret Service, not Postal Service—but I feel like a criminal when I’m appointed postmaster to a cozy little village on Maui. Turns out I’ve stolen a well-earned promotion from beloved Auntie Pua Chang, who’s been there forever—when all I want to do is hide out in paradise until the witch hunt to kill my career is over. I haven't been in Ohia a day when Tiki the post office cat brings a prize to my doorstep—a piece of...

Poised to win the prestigious Triple Crown of Surfing, Maui surf star Makoa Simmons washes up tragically dead. Detective Lei Texeira plunges into a high-profile case whose dark and tangled motives reach deep into the elite world of professional surfing on the North Shore of Oahu. Lei must follow her instincts into new territory even as husband Michael Stevens struggles with heartbreak of another kind.

Hawaii is cane fires, lush jungles, and feuds that won't die until everyone's dead. Detective Lei Texeira stalks the shroud killer on her own terms as Michael Stevens finds himself engulfed in the flames of a case with tangled consequences. In this eighth of the best-selling Lei Crime Series, Lei and Stevens find out just how far hate and love will go.

One betta fish, two dead biologists, three trysts, four suspects, and 35 pairs of shoes add up to complicated days in paradise for Special Agent Marcella Scott. Marcella gets into sand way over her Manolos investigating the death of a prominent scientist who washed up on a Waikiki beach with a bullet hole between the eyes. BioGreen, a genetically-engineered algae that could solve the world fuel crisis, has been stolen from the development lab - a hotbed of intrigue where everyone on the project has something to hide.

The island of Oahu is warm breezes, skyscrapers, and green mountains - but a daring young thief is out to make a statement, and Special Agent Lei Texeira's new career is already on the line. Lei Texeira has made a difficult transition from detective on Maui to the FBI on Oahu - and her first big case as an agent draws national media attention. With her typical jump-first, look-later style, she pursues her quarry from Oahu to the outer islands, rousing old conflicts and new heartbreak.

*****OUTRAGEOUS DEAL WOW***** "MY NEW FAVORITE SERIES! Can't stop reading and don't want to!" ~Goodreads Sophie just wants to even the score for those who need justice. Binge-read this award-winning series of NINE books bundled into a limited-time box set for maximum reading pleasure! You can't read just one! WIRED IN: The tale of Sophie's development of a cutting-edge rogue computer program, DAVID, and her discovery of a cyber vigilante whom she may, or may not, be able to bring to justice. WIRED ROGUE: An untouchable cult deep in the jungle has a leader who might be a stone-cold wife ...

A child’s skull, washed up on a beach, calls out for justice. The last thing detective Lei Texeira wants to do while her husband is deployed overseas is deal with a cold case involving child homicide, and rescuing a group of foster kids takes her beyond her personal limits. Meanwhile, Michael Stevens lands in a jungle hell filled with every kind of threat from crocodiles to kidnappers.

A cat hunt at Christmas on Maui… I'm Kat Smith, Secret Service agent turned postmaster sleuth in the small town of Ohia on Maui, and I'm dealing with my first private investigation at the holidays: Lady Sapphire, a pedigreed feline expecting her first litter on Christmas, has been stolen from her elderly owner. My hot pilot boyfriend Mr. K and I are up to our eyeballs in cozy mystery motives when we discover that Tiki, my beloved stray, has also disappeared. Now the hunt is personal, and I'll leave no furball unturned to bring these cats home. "This story has ALL the feels. The perfect ...

Michael Stevens investigates the murder of a chef in a fine dining restaurant on Maui that's a buffet of possible motives where jealousy, passion, and revenge top the menu. A host of familiar characters, from Jared Stevens to Dr. Wilson, chime in from their perspectives, each contributing essential information to one of the most complex cases Stevens has ever encountered.... Nothing ever goes as planned for Lei and Stevens, and that includes the arrival of their first child. Lei is fully occupied with this personal project as her world is torn apart by powerful forces.

Someone is attacking and robbing luxury yachts as they sail the Hawaiian Islands leaving their passengers missing and presumed dead. Sergeant Lei Texeira, with her typical leap first look later style, dives into a case with the Coast Guard to find answers that lie as deep as Davy Jones’ locker.

Our cozy small town on Maui has a new mystery: the suspicious collapse of one of our dearest Red Hat ladies. I’m Kat Smith, former Secret Service, current Postmaster in Ohia on Maui, and this time, my one-eared former feral feline Tiki is helping me find a killer who’s stirred up a real witches’ brew of trouble. All my hot pilot boyfriend Keone and I can do is try to keep up with that crazy cat, and hope we find the perpetrator before anyone else falls prey to a bad cup of tea. “Love this fun series! Strong capable women who have their flaws and hardships but solve their cases with ...

Five years after the events of Rip Tides, Lei Texeira gets into hot water investigating a crime scene 90 feet down off of the tiny atoll of Molokini, where the death of a beautiful marine biologist is anything but an accident. Lei’s husband, Michael Stevens, is desperate to kill an enemy from within, and it drives him to make a choice his wife will never sanction. Can Lei and Stevens find the answers they need before their different directions tear them apart?