J M CALVErlEY
J.M. Calverley, a contemporary author, has always had more stories in her head, than fingers for the keyboard. If she could type 500 words a minute, take steroids, and add another five days to the week, she’d be able to fit it all in.
She writes stories under other pen names but now has six crime novels set in her American home state of Hawai’i. J.M. or Meg to her friends, has always been an avid reader of murder mysteries and enjoys some romance thrown in as well. The whodunnit is fascinating. But it’s getting to know the characters inner workings as well—their vulnerabilities, emotions, and thoughts—this is what makes the story personal and real.
Meg hand-wrote and "published" her first book when she was eleven about her parent's separation. Constantly told as a child she had a vivid and (over) active imagination, the dawn of the computer era meant she could now take dictation at speed from the interesting characters galloping around her head.
She’s a bohemian and gypsy at heart, and loves to travel all over the world. Meg grew up in New Zealand, and after spending many years in the U.S., she's back there living in Christchurch. However, Kona and the Big Island of Hawai’i is still home as well. Being an islander is part of her soul, and from Aotearoa (New Zealand) to Hawai'i, encompassing the Polynesian Triangle, Vitamin Sea is always a much-needed part of her life. If she’s not close to the ocean, she becomes slightly unglued.
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DETECTIVE REEF KAHILI HAWAIIAN MYSTERIES
From Book 1: A world of drugs, deceit, and death awaits in paradise...
After a near death experience, and burned out from working undercover vice, Detective Reef Kahili returns home to the Big Island of Hawaii to mend his heart and heal. But the first day on the job, paired with Detective Kalani Rogers he has to investigate the charred remains of the partially buried body in Madame Pele’s lava flow. He's instantly thrust back into the world he tried to leave behind.
When he meets Hibby O’Neil, the mysterious assistant ME, he’s intrigued by her. But is there any truth in the rumors flying around the department about her and her late husband?
The closer they come to the truth, the more things heat up on the island as deeper, more sinister layers of deceit are uncovered. Four generations of an influential Big Island family are caught up in a tightening web of honor and dishonor.
Caught between solving a crime and his attraction for the enigmatic ME, Reef wonders who to trust. He’s driven by integrity and honesty, it’s why he became a cop, but now that’s also in question. Have his instincts let him down over Hibby?
If you love a good murder mystery, 'ohana, the aloha spirit, and being immersed in the lush tropical feel of Hawaii, this adventure will appeal to you.
