Surfing Detective 00 - The Making of Murder on Molokai

I thought I heard her voice calling to me through the door.
    But I was only dreaming.

About the Author

    Chip Hughes earned a Ph.D. in English at Indiana University and taught American literature, film, writing, and popular fiction at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. He left the university to write full time. His non-fiction publications include
Beyond The Red Pony: A Reader’s Companion to Steinbeck’s Complete Short Stories
–also translated into Japanese;
John Steinbeck: A Study of the Short Fiction
; and numerous essays and reviews.
    An active member of the Private Eye Writers of America, Chip launched the Surfing Detective mystery series in 2004 with
Murder on Moloka‘i.
The second book,
Wipeout!,
followed in 2007. The third,
Kula,
in 2011, plus the novelette
The Last Ride of Ryan Song.
Other titles, in various stages of development, include
Murder at Volcano House, Barking Sands,
and
The Maui Masseuse.
The series has been optioned for television. More at http://surfingdetective.com.
    Chip lives in Windward O‘ahu with his wife and two retrievers. He surfs when time allows.