Murder Frames the Scene

This is Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl's third novel in her Hawaii Mystery series featuring her two sleuths, part-Hawaiian Mina Beckwith and her fiance, part-Samoan Ned Manusia. Like the previous novels, Murder Frames the Scene offers readers a fascinating glimpse into prewar Hawaii, full of local "characters," descriptions of familiar places in another era, and a vivid sense of the islands.