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Can the bodyguards save the life of a charming gay playboy-- and help him find true love? In the heart-pounding tenth installment of Neil Plakcy's "Have Body, Will Guard" series, bodyguard duo Aidan and Liam take on their most complex and personal case yet when an attack threatens both their client's spice business and his rebellious gay son. When a bomb explodes outside the Nice, France, offices of spice importer Hugo Fabron, he immediately suspects his son Rafi's many indiscretions have finally caught up with him.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Two beloved sleuths. Two unforgettable dogs. One compelling mystery collection. In the third collaboration between Neil S. Plakcy and Joanna Campbell Slan, two fan-favorite worlds come together in a pair of twist-filled novellas where instinct—both...

On O’ahu, predators don’t always hunt in the wild. When the body of a powerful island figure is discovered in the aftermath of a warehouse fire, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka and his partner Ray Donne are called in to investigate. At first, the case points in too many directions—old money, buried secrets, and grudges that reach back decades. Then they find the witness, a homeless teen who saw what happened. And now someone wants him silenced.

Before he was a detective, Kimo Kanapaʻaka was chasing waves. On Oahu’s North Shore, twenty-three-year-old Kimo lives for surf—early mornings, big swells, and the freedom of the ocean. When a mainland rookie named Jesse Dugan asks for guidance, Kimo reluctantly takes him under his wing, recognizing something familiar in the kid’s hunger to belong. But when Jesse wipes out at Waimea and doesn’t come back up, the tragedy is written off as a rookie mistake. Kimo isn’t so sure. The leash Jesse trusted doesn’t look broken. It looks cut.

When two seemingly unrelated women—a college student and a corporate executive—are found murdered in Honolulu, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is faced with a baffling case. No clear motive. No obvious connection. No single explanation. But there is a pattern. As Kimo and his partner Ray Donne dig deeper, they uncover links hidden beneath the surface—connections that run through the lives of young people navigating a world of social media, status, and dangerous expectations. Then the case turns personal, because the pattern points somewhere Kimo never expected. Toward his own family.

A different side of Kimo Kanapa’aka—raw, intimate, and unapologetically erotic. In Mahu Men, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka steps out of the crime scene and into a series of charged, deeply personal encounters that explore desire, identity, and connection. Fresh off coming out, Kimo is navigating a new world—one filled with possibility, temptation, and the thrill of discovery. From chance meetings to intense attractions, each story captures a moment of heat, vulnerability, and self-revelation as Kimo explores what he truly wants.

A cold case. A powerful request. And secrets someone buried for a reason. Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is asked to investigate a decades-old death—one the military long ago closed and forgot. He should say no. But the request comes from a congresswoman with serious influence over Hawai‘i’s military operations—and deep ties to Kimo’s own extended family. So he takes the case. What begins as a fifty-year-old mystery quickly turns into something far more dangerous. As Kimo digs into the past, he uncovers signs of a cover-up—one that powerful people may still be protecting.

A favor for his mother could cost Kimo everything. Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa'aka is on departmental leave when his mother asks him to do the one thing he shouldn't: Investigate a murder.

This time, the target isn’t just strangers. It’s families like Kimo’s. Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is seconded to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, stepping into a world of high-risk investigations and unfamiliar rules. The case starts with threats: letters sent to a U.S. senator and his family. But it doesn’t stop there. As Kimo and his partner Ray Donne dig deeper, they uncover a pattern—harassment and violence aimed at mixed-race couples and their children. Then a day care center is set on fire. This isn’t random. It’s a campaign. And it’s escalating.

A drifting sailboat. Four bodies. And a cargo that should never have reached Hawaii. When a ghost ship washes up on the Leeward Coast of O‘ahu, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka —on assignment with the FBI —finds himself at the center of a case unlike anything he’s faced before. The victims are a family. The cargo is far more dangerous. What begins as a baffling tragedy quickly escalates into a high-stakes investigation with international implications.

When a wealthy couple dies in what appears to be a tragic car accident, Steve Levitan and his golden retriever Rochester are drawn into a mystery that reaches far beyond the quiet streets of Stewart's Crossing. The victims' twenty-year-old son, Daniel Farahani, seems more comfortable navigating a post-apocalyptic survival game than facing the devastating reality of his parents' deaths. As Steve helps the young man through his grief, disturbing questions begin to emerge. Was the crash really an accident? Or was someone determined to make sure the Farahanis never reached home?

In the sultry heat of 1968 Miami, private investigator George Clay finds himself entangled in a web of murder, smuggling, and forbidden desire. Fresh out of the Navy with an honorable discharge and a taste for adventure, George sets up shop on Miami Beach, where the glittering facade of Art Deco hotels hides a thriving underground gay scene. When wealthy banker Will Broadwater hires George to find a missing signet ring, the PI stumbles upon the battered body of a teenage boy known as "Worm" in Matheson Hammock Park.

A cutting-edge startup. A dead founder. And secrets that shouldn’t have been coded. When tech entrepreneur Noah Kim is found murdered outside his Honolulu office, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka and his partner Ray Donne are called in to investigate. Kim’s company, Kahola.ai, promised to transform medical care for Pacific Islanders —blending artificial intelligence with traditional knowledge. Now someone wants that work buried. As Kimo digs into the world of startups, research labs, and competing interests, he uncovers a network of ambition, secrecy, and ethical lines pushed too far.

Three Men. One Painting. One Dangerous Secret. A stolen masterpiece. A trail of lovers. A deadly obsession on the French Riviera. When a provocative portrait—Le Jeune Homme Russe, painted in 1912 by Russian maestro Fyodor Luschenko—is stolen from a Paris restoration studio, three very different men are drawn into a web of passion, art, and danger. A century-old scandal… Teenaged aristocrat Alexei Dubernin longs to paint like the Impressionists.

A Biblical scroll that could change the world... if Aidan and Liam can keep it and the man who found it safe. Husbands and close-protection partners Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough are called to protect a young Oxford student with a valuable manuscript. Danny Cardozo, a gay, Jewish scholar, has been entrusted with an ancient scroll, a copy of the Biblical book of Leviticus written soon after the destruction of the Second Temple. When villains threaten him, he heads to an isolated home on the resort island of Djerba, off the Tunisian coast.

When Aidan Greene’s ex-boyfriend calls after ten years—desperate for protection and terrified for his husband’s life—Aidan wants to refuse. He and his husband, former Navy SEAL Liam McCullough, are in their forties now, semi-retired from the dangerous world of personal security and enjoying a quiet life outside Nice. But Liam misses the adrenaline of bodyguard work, and Aidan can’t shake his curiosity about Blake and the man he married: Latin diplomat Ricardo Levy.

A dead banker. A hidden fortune. A smuggling route stretching from Europe to Afghanistan. Bodyguard partners Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough thought the worst of the pandemic was boredom. Then an old college friend begs them for help. Ethan Katz, the managing director of a private bank in Luxembourg, has uncovered evidence of a massive money-laundering operation. When a trusted colleague investigating the scheme is killed in a suspicious hit-and-run, Ethan becomes the next target. Threatening messages appear on his car and apartment door, warning him to back off—or die.

A mother and her son vanish into the wilderness. Time is running out. When a woman and her neurodiverse teenage son go missing in the rugged parklands outside Honolulu, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is called in to lead the search. Every hour matters. The terrain is unforgiving. The trail is unclear. And the longer they’re missing, the slimmer the chances of finding them alive. As Kimo and his team push deeper into the mountains, the case grows more complicated. Conflicting accounts, hidden tensions, and unexpected connections suggest this is more than a simple disappearance.

Twenty-one cases. One unforgettable detective. In Accidental Contact, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka tackles twenty-one short investigations that span the world of the Mahu series—filling in the moments between the novels with quick, compelling mysteries. From murders to missing children, from unexpected clues to dangers hiding in plain sight, each story delivers a sharp burst of suspense set against the vivid backdrop of Hawai‘i.

Out past the reef, where the waves first begin, there’s no room for mistakes. They call it the zero break—the deep-water point where a swell starts building long before it crashes to shore. For Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka, it’s about to become all too real. When a young mother is found murdered in what looks like a home invasion, the case seems straightforward—until Kimo and his partner Ray Donne begin pulling at the threads. Beneath the surface lies a tangled web of family loyalties, business dealings, and secrets someone is willing to kill to protect.