"The Miami Book Fair is a happening," Sara Williams said, "It's not only an honor to be invited, but also great fun. I look forward to meeting so many authors whom I greatly admire, and chatting with mystery fans who join in."
"One Big Itch" is one timely read, set in the upscale academic world of Honolulu, a Polynesian city dating from the 12th century. Honolulu absorbed layer upon layer of input from other cultures and eventually spawned a sophisticated academic milieu which produced—among other notables—a brilliant politician who now occupies the White House.
"One Big Itch" has been lauded by reviewers around the nation for its depth of characterization, deft plotting, and lush tropical detail. The novel offers maps, charts and a glossary of colorful Hawaiian words.
"One Big Itch" is Williams' third mystery. Her first novel, "The Don Juan Con", was optioned by Robert Evans for Paramount Studios; her second, "The Serenoa Scandal", prequel to "One Big Itch", is set in Florida's Okeechobee country, where Spyer rescues Maya Menecal, his Cuban lover who is sorely tried by Spyer's troubled past in One Big Itch.
Trouble starts when the charismatic economist Dr. Randolph Kealoha Bishop Haverhill is blown away on the doorstep of his Nu'uanu Valley mansion. Haverhill's current and ex wives detest each other, but both insist that Randy was murdered by one of his crazed lovers. So why do the police arrest Toby, Haverhill's teenage son?
As playful as Honolulu may be, the city is also haunted, as any Hawaiian knows, and Haverhill's friend from childhood, Hawaiian P.I. John Spyer, is one haunted man. He's a conflicted hapa haole (half white), too much of a haole to heed mercurial fire goddess Madam Pele's warning to steer clear of the Haverhill matter. But Spyer is a Polynesian to the core. No decent Hawaiian says no to an old friend. Spyer takes on the case, only to find that every move he makes jeopardizes his own client and opens his own psychic wounds in the process.
Williams winters in Fort Myers, summers in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, and has ties to Hawaii that go back some thirty years. She teaches at The Peace River Center for Writing, Edison State College, Port Charlotte.
LINKS
Read sample chapters, download author photo and book cover art at:
http://www.archebooks.com/
Read Sara's blog and events schedule at: http://www.sarawilliamsnovelist.com/
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