"Knives Out meets Moana in this tropical cozy mystery full of buried secrets, found family, and one very judgmental parrot.
Dr. Cassandra Sato can handle just about anything: campus politics, faculty feuds, and a to-do list longer than a freshman advising line. But chaperoning Midwestern students to a Honolulu tech conference? That’s supposed to be a low-key homecoming. Networking. Ocean breezes. Maybe a Mai Tai or two.
Trouble, of course, didn’t get the memo.
A high-tech contest using virtual reality to “time travel” through a century-old cold case sounds harmless enough… until Cassandra learns one of the victims is family.
Soon the clues start whispering stories no history book dared to print, including a handmade quilt hiding a royal secret. Uncovering the truth could rewrite her family’s history and put a target on her back. With a cold case ready to burn hot, sometimes the biggest mystery is figuring out where you really belong.
With her brilliant misfit students, a fiercely loyal parrot, and friends who feel more like family, Cassandra must solve the case before she becomes a footnote in its bloody history.
Because in Hawai‘i, ohana means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Can Cassandra keep that promise when the past comes for her too?
Homecoming Homicide is perfect for fans of academic drama, island intrigue, and smart sleuths who bring lost voices to light.
Start your fictional vacation today."
"Failure is not an option.
At Morton College, learning comes with a hefty price. The search committee tasked with hiring a new president is on the brink of chaos. A student production of The Three Musketeers devolves into a bloody sword fight.
Join Cassandra Sato and the students in a Death 101 course as they put their detective skills to the test. Unraveling the tangled web of secrets and lies, they must act quickly as the college's very future hangs in the balance.
This isn’t your average cozy mystery. Death 101: Extra Credit delivers:
- A twisty, high-stakes whodunit set on a small-town college campus
- Fish-out-of-water comedy with a Hawaiian heroine in the snowy Midwest
- Academic antics: from theater department disasters to grant-writing feuds
- Found family & community: quirky students, overworked staff, and one grumpy Westie
- Accessibility matters: authentic Deaf representation and campus advocacy
- Clean and clever fun: no gore, no graphic content just smart twists and sharp wit
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"It’s beginning to look a lot like murder.
And Cassandra is knee deep in suspects. Her boss is dead, and the police are calling it burglary gone wrong. But when the killer comes after her, it's going to take more than a pair of furry boots to keep the smart, witty Morton College administrator, Cassandra Sato, out of the deep... snow.
Her first Christmas in Nebraska could be her last unless her friends help unravel the mystery and housebreak her dog. Listen now for a fast-paced, holiday themed whodunit."
"Will Dead Week kill Cassandra's career?
Her boss talks to her dead husband. Her mentor thinks he's a superhero trapped in a senior citizen's body. And it's not even Thanksgiving break yet.
VP of Student Affairs Cassandra Sato has a desk full of problems on top of that, including a student advocacy movement gaining steam and an administration that would rather it just go away. And Cassandra, freshly transplanted from Hawai'i, still can't crack the code of what to wear in a Nebraska November.
Then a Deaf Studies student's family history project turns up something nobody wanted found, and days later, she takes a bad fall of her own. Someone on campus is willing to bury the past twice, and Cassandra isn't buying the timing.
Funny BFFs. Hilarious student shenanigans. Small-town drama.
Welcome to Dead Week, where surviving finals might be easier than surviving the truth."
"Cassandra Sato left Hawaii for her dream job. Nebraska handed her a corpse instead.
Morton College has a body problem, and it isn't the freshman fifteen.
Her leap from tropical paradise to small-town Nebraska was supposed to be a career move, not a detour into danger. At Morton College, the secrets pile up faster than the leaves.
The sudden death of a deaf student thrusts her into an investigation denser than the Nebraska cornfields. Cassandra finds herself untangling a web of campus intrigue that threatens to derail her career—and possibly her life.
Academic chaos reigns. Lance Erickson, a deaf work-study student with secrets of his own, becomes an unlikely ally. Add a sheriff with too many questions, a relentless reporter, a boss who prefers problems stay buried, and a stalker who thinks he's Zorro. No one said college was easy.
Each clue pulls her deeper into danger and greases the rungs of the academic ladder she's precariously climbing. Can she uncover the truth before she becomes the next unfortunate headline?
Read the first in this smart, clean, and quirky mystery series, where murder meets academia."
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