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Peril Under the Palms

(1989)
(The third book in the Iris Cooper series)
A novel by

 
 
1920s Stanford co-ed Iris Cooper vacations in lush Honolulu with Aunt Hermione and solves a mystery for her friend Antoinette Caulfield, Hawaiian sugarcane heiress. Wisecracking newspaperman Jack Clancy is on the scoop, writing sensational headlines and digging up secrets.

"Delightful characters, quaint surroundings, sly innuendo." - Library Journal

"The evocation of an earlier, unspoiled Hawaii works most effectively, and Iris and Jack make a sprightly sleuthing duo." - Booklist

"To be enjoyed for the sheer, light-hearted fun of it all." - Murder Ad Lib


Genre: Mystery

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