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Maile Spencer Honolulu Tour Guide
Series · 8 books · 2020

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#1

AWOL at Ala Moana

2020

After losing her job, Maile needs money in a hurry. Setting aside her ego to work for her brother-in-law, she gets a job as a tour guide in her hometown of Honolulu. On her first day, Maile realizes the tourists know more about world famous island sights than she does. Once their attention drifts, the trouble starts. When the drunk in the tour group staggers off, Maile goes in search of him. What she finds is a dead man next to a dumpster—and the knowledge that she's the worst tour guide ever. She'd simply like to walk away from the drama, until she feels the clasp of handcuffs on her wrists. Join Maile as she contends with her impending divorce, getting her real job back, sketchy characters with shady pasts, and her Hawaiian heritage that rules her life!
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#2

Baffled at the Beach

2020

Maile Spencer wants to put her first week as tour guide behind her by sleeping in.She doesn't get the chance, though, because she has a skin diving tour to give at Honolulu's famous Hanauma Bay. Her trouble starts with the rescue of a suspicious man that nearly drowns. Lead investigator Detective Ota cares less about him and more about an ancient Hawaiian artifact stolen from a museum, and quickly recruits Maile to help with the investigation. She cuts him a deal, that she'll help with his case if he helps her find the $5000 that has disappeared from her little apartment in Honolulu. By the end of the week, several investigations have been conducted, secrets are uncovered and promptly hidden again, Maile goes for a late night swim in a swamp, and no one gets much sleep!
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#3

Coffee in the Canal

2020

Trickery and deceit in a mini-skirt! When tour guide Maile Spencer eases her kayak into the Ala Wai Canal, it's for a day of fun in the sun and to help clean junk from the famous Waikiki waterway. What she never expects is to find a small fortune that belongs to no one, to cross paths with ladies in tight clothes from faraway lands, or to get tangled in the net of underworld crime. And then there's the cops that always seem to be snooping through her life. By the time she's done sneaking around town late at night looking for the bad guys that are looking for her, she's not sure if she's chasing after the criminals, or if they're chasing her. It takes a trip to the zoo to figure it all out. Did I mention Maile spends the night in the honeymoon suite in a Waikiki hotel? And not with her husband!
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#4

Dead at Diamond Head

2020

Tour guide Maile Spencer gets in hot water when she finds a dead body in a most unusual place.The trouble is only beginning during a hike to the top of Honolulu's famous landmark, Diamond Head, while on babysitting duty. She finds more trouble than ever when she crashes a party for Honolulu's A-listers, gives federal court lawyers a hard time, tells little white lies to the police, and picks a fight with the city's most notorious hooker. But there might be one bus ride across town too many in Maile's worst week ever. Don't miss this next chapter in Maile Spencer's life as a tour guide in Hawaii's most exciting city!
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#5

Honey of a Hurricane

2020

Trouble storms into Maile Spencer's life when a hurricane aims for Honolulu! Not only are atmospheric conditions threatening her otherwise spirited life, Maile gets involved in yet another confusing murder mystery. This time around, it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad when the cops come asking for favors. With nothing better to do than watch gloomy clouds crowd her into a corner, she agrees to help.What no one realizes is that a house full of gangsters is already waiting for her. Her problems take a turn for the worse when her one friend in the house becomes her enemy, and a human life is traded for a bag full of money.Her only escape is in a boat that no one knows how to drive during a storm that holds them all hostage!
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#6

Keepers of the Kingdom

2020

Tour guide Maile Spencer enlists the help of two young friends in her search for precious Hawaiian artifacts. Time is running short when the sun rises on Honolulu's biggest wedding in years, and Maile is caught right in the middle of it. Flower garlands line the aisle, silly bridal party games are played, and pangs of jealousy stab at innocent hearts. But while the church is filled with hope and expectation, tears are shed when panic attacks the bride.Two royal kahili, feathered standards that decorate the church, are missing and no one seems to know where they've gone. Seemingly insignificant to everyone else, the bride has a meltdown over the lost icons. When the investigation starts, the police yawn, the reverend shrugs his shoulders, museum experts hide behind masks, and Maile gets the kiss of a lifetime. A pack of foreigners show up, a nymph plays in the pool below a waterfall, someone peeks out of a closet door, and a hooker goes to jail. When the wedding finally rolls around, something even more important than the kahili is missing. Just another day in Maile's life...except that kiss she can't quite put out of her mind.
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#7

Malice at the Palace

2020

Maile Spencer leads the tour of a lifetime to Honolulu's fabled Iolani Palace! Even before she's off the tour bus, Maile is embroiled in a scheme to take over her beloved palace, and she has few places to turn for help. Going along on the scariest tour she's ever given is a group of Australian kids bringing a few troubles of their own. But it isn't her tour that causes problems that day, it's the unwelcome guests at the palace that threaten all of their lives. Tag along with Maile and her group as they figure an escape plan from a building that holds too much history to be ignored, and has too many secrets that shouldn't be shared.
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#8

Peril at the Potluck

2020

Maile Spencer faces her greatest fear, a threat to her Hawaiian soul, in this twisting tale of secrets and confessions. With the holiday season looming, Maile takes over at the helm of her new tour company. To keep busy between tour groups, she chases after a stolen ukulele, runs a slightly awkward marathon, and looks for missing people that might be best left alone. Everyone in her orbit seems to have even bigger secrets than the ones she has for them, when the time comes to share them. One way or another, she leaps all the hurdles in her way to starting the New Year, and the next part of her life.

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