<p><em><strong>If you like your cozy mysteries with humor and a satisfying dose of sarcasm, Frankie Bow is your go-to author.&nbsp;</strong></em><br />
<em>~Laura&#39;s Interests Book Blog&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>Newly single and far from home, Professor Molly Barda wants to stay out of trouble until she gets tenure at remote Mahina State University. But when local big-shot Jimmy Tanaka, 'The Most Hated Man in Hawaii,' pledges a huge donation to Molly&#39;s college and then disappears, Molly&#39;s bottom-line-obsessed dean tasks her with locating the missing mogul. As Molly explores ancient grudges and uncovers old scandals, she starts to fall for Tanaka&#39;s competitor, the too-good-to-be-true Donnie Gonsalves. Donnie seems to like her for all the wrong reasons--and has a few secrets of his own.</p>

<p>The Musubi Murder is for&nbsp;<br />
mystery lovers<br />
Hawaii expatriates<br />
disillusioned academics<br />
anyone who fancies Spam (the meat)<br />
What is a Musubi (pronounced moo-soo-BEE)?</p>

<p>The Spam musubi, Hawaii&#39;s favorite snack and Merrie Musubis&#39; signature dish, is a cube of sticky rice topped with a slice of fried Spam, and then wrapped in a strip of dried seaweed. From a distance, musubis look a lot like oversized pieces of sushi.<br />
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If you like Dorothy Parker, Sarah Caudwell, P.G. Wodehouse, and E.F. Benson&#39;s Mapp and Lucia stories, try the Molly Barda Mysteries.</p>