Bøger af Sherry Fletcher

Super cop, Woodrow Hawkins, is worn out from his job in Boston and clandestine work in Asia. He thinks transferring to the force in Honolulu will be an easy way to finish out the rest of his career. He's dead wrong.New partner, homicide detective Kaloke "Cholly" Chan is Hawaiian, Chinese with a dash of Scottish. Her goal is to become the youngest Captain on the force, despite her aristocratic family pressuring her to work in their banking empire. The last thing she wants to do is babysit a six-foot two, blue-eyed, blonde "Haole."It's the 100th anniversary of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and imprisonment of the Queen in her own palace.While the Hawaiian Sovereignty demonstrations are relatively peaceful, a trio of unusual murders are not.

"Hot Springs, New Mexico, Ain't That Any More" was one of the headlines on April 4, 1950, in the Gallup Independent. As a publicity stunt, Ralph Edwards had invited a town to change its name to "Truth or Consequences," the name of his popular radio quiz show, and Hot Springs agreed to do so. Since the late 1800s, the area has attracted health seekers to bathe in and drink from the area's hot mineral springs. The region is home to Elephant Butte Dam and lake, completed in 1916, which remains one of the largest irrigation dams in the United States. Carrie Tingley Crippled Children's Hospital, built in 1937 by New Mexico governor Clyde Tingley, utilized the natural hot mineral waters to treat children with polio. From the placement of the Hot Springs Bathhouse and Commercial District on the State and National Register of Historic Places to the centennial celebration of Elephant Butte Dam, Truth or Consequences continues to grow and develop while still honoring its heritage.