All ten-year-old Alexandra Atwood wants for Christmas is to get her dad and the B&B’s cook Marquetta under the mistletoe. After all, how can they get married if they don’t kiss first?
When murder strikes in Seaside Cove, bed-and-breakfast owner Rick Atwood is asked to help find the killer. But this will not be an easy case to crack. Not only did the killer contaminate the crime scene, but there are suspects all over town. And they all received the same Christmas sweater from the victim. Alex hears rumors about the murder and decides that since she’s on Christmas break, she has time for a little multitasking. She launches her own investigation even as she continues her efforts to get her dad and Marquetta together.Just when Rick thinks he’s identified all the suspects, he discovers a new one—his estranged wife. With the days until Christmas ticking down, Rick feels pressured from all sides. He needs to solve the case. He needs to send his wife back to New York. But the one thing he doesn’t need is for his daughter to be one step ahead of him and the cops.

A man who was wearing a lei niho palaoa is found murdered on the streets of Honolulu. The precious necklace the man wore is missing and a friend is considered a suspect. McKenna and Chance Logan investigate and soon discover that dead men tell no lies, but the living certainly do.

McKenna is roped into the role of Santa in a Christmas play by his friend Chance Logan. A freak storm blasts Honolulu, causing a city-wide power outage. When the lights come on, one of the elves is dead.
Is the killer the Shakespeare-quoting Scrooge? The secretive Jack Frost? Or the way-too-friendly elf with multiple personalities? Worse yet, something is giving McKenna itches in places he can't even mention. McKenna has a short Christmas wish list this year. All he wants is to find a killer before the curtain comes down—and maybe a sturdy backscratcher.

Former skip tracer turned amateur sleuth McKenna teams up with private-investigator wannabe Chance Logan in this Murder She Wrote meets Magnum, PI mystery. From Honolulu’s ghetto to its wealthiest communities, McKenna and Chance follow a trail of deceit to find a con man’s killer and save a decorated war hero.

Former skip tracer turned amateur sleuth McKenna takes on his toughest client yet. She’s ten, precocious, and determined to prove her nanny isn’t a killer.

Whatever happened to easy? McKenna had the perfect cover for his plan to propose marriage to Benni Kapono. They’d accompany his elderly tenant, Mrs. Nakamura, to Maui for a visit with her pregnant granddaughter. Then, he’d take Benni for a walk on the beach and pop the question. Yes, perfect. Until Mrs. Nakamura’s grandson-in-law is accused of murder.
McKenna reluctantly takes on the task of proving Hisao Fujita’s innocence despite the man’s confession. As McKenna and his sidekick Chance Logan dig into Hisao’s life, they soon discover they’re squarely in the middle of Maui’s battle over the island’s water. 
With each step in the investigation, more questions pile up. Why was the murder victim living under a fake identity? Why is their client lying to them? And who is the mystery man stalking McKenna?

With $5 million and their lives on the line, can a determined criminologist and a beautiful con artist learn to trust each other...or themselves? This thriller set in Carlsbad, CA blends financial and crime elements into a smart and twisty tale of high finance and double-dealing.

To Rick Atwood’s dismay, the police find a body on the beach near his Seaside Cove B&B. The dead woman held a pottery shard from an ancient rice bowl, which the cops believe is a clue to her murder. 

The chief suspect is Flynn O’Connor, a female archaeologist known for her hatred of treasure thieves. Trouble is, Rick’s daughter Alex sees Flynn as a role model and will not believe her friend is a killer.

Alex pressures her dad as only a ten-year-old can to prove Flynn is innocent. The mayor is also making demands—for Rick to stay out of the investigation. With his daughter and the mayor at odds, Rick sees trouble brewing. He knows too well how much Alex loves sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong. Especially when there’s murder involved.