Aloha Betrayed

I read a quick read this week while we were taking a virtual Spring Break cruise.  We were fortunate that the weather got a bit nicer in the Chicago area and we took the time to sit on "the deck" and read.  I picked the JB Fletcher/Donald Bain Murder She Wrote book from my library stash I had from before the shutdown. 

Aloha Betrayed is a typical Jessica Fletcher mystery.   Where she innocently gets wrapped up in a murder case while going about her daily life.  In this instance she was in Maui on a paid teaching assignment.  She was co-teaching new police recruits techniques for using the community around them to assist in their job.  Her teaching partner, Mike Kane, ended up being her detecting partner as well.  Mike is a well revered, retired police detective from the Maui Police force. 

Together the two investigate the death of a new acquaintance of Jessica's, Mala Kapule.  Mala was the niece of a medical school classmate of Jessica's friend, Seth Hazlett, whom Jessica looked up upon her arrival to Maui.   Mala had suffered a seemingly tragic slip off a coastal cliff but to Mike and Jessica it didn't seem to be as it appeared. 

While looking into the tragic death,  we follow Jessica around the island of Maui.  We venture with her on her sightseeing trips to Haleakala, a luau and more.  The story of course wraps up with Jessica solving the case before she needed to return to the mainland.  Although a typical formulaic Murder She Wrote mystery, it is still a fun and enjoyable read. 


Aloha Betrayed by Jessica Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Aloha Betrayed is a typical Jessica Fletcher mystery. Where she innocently gets wrapped up in a murder case while going about her daily life. In this instance she was in Maui on a paid teaching assignment. She was co-teaching new police recruits techniques for using the community around them to assist in their job. Her teaching partner, Mike Kane, ended up being her detecting partner as well. Mike is a well revered, retired police detective from the Maui Police force.

Together the two investigate the death of a new acquaintance of Jessica's, Mala Kapule. Mala was the niece of a medical school classmate of Jessica's friend, Seth Hazlett, whom Jessica looked up upon her arrival to Maui. Mala had suffered a seemingly tragic slip off a coastal cliff but to Mike and Jessica it didn't seem to be as it appeared.

While looking into the tragic death, we follow Jessica around the island of Maui. We venture with her on her sightseeing trips to Haleakala, a luau and more. The story of course wraps up with Jessica solving the case before she needed to return to the mainland. Although a typical formulaic Murder She Wrote mystery, it is still a fun and enjoyable read.


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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge -  Book #31
2. Literary Escapes-  HI
3. Finishing the Series- series  #9 Murder She Wrote #41 #FinishingTheSeries2020   
4. Calendar of Crime-  #CalendarOfCrime2020  
5.  Cloak and  Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal : Book #24 
6. Medical Examiner-  2 Toe Tag 
7. Six Shooter-  1 shot for Jessica Fletcher
8. TBR Book #21  #Backlistreader ; #MountTBR2020; #StartOnYourShelfathon