Created by Roy Huggins "The soft island breeze brings you strange melodies And they tell of exotic mysteries under the tropical spell of Hawaiian Eye. Hawaiian Eye. Hawaiian Eye." -- most irritating TV theme ever? Another piece of product from the Warner Bros. TV Eye factory, picture this as "77 Sunset Strip goes Hawaiian." But … Continue reading Tom Lopaka, Tracy Steele & Greg MacKenzie (Hawaiian Eye)
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Kai Cooke
Created by Chip Hughes "Surfing Detective: Confidential Investigations--All Islands" Kai's business card Hawaii's KAI COOKE is no mere detective--he's a surfing detective! And you can tell that right off the bat because he greets his very first client in the very first pages of his very first published adventure, Murder on Moloka'i (2004), in dripping … Continue reading Kai Cooke
Val Lyon
Created by Mark Troy VAL LYON is a Honolulu private eye who gets around. She's an ex-cop, an ex-con and an ex-pro basketball player, and she isn't afraid of a little fun. She participates in ocean canoeing competitions, takes skydiving lessons, and she's still a hotshot on the court. She's also headstrong and competitive, and … Continue reading Val Lyon
T.J. O’Sullivan
Created by Larry Darter A former Detective Constable and ex-member of the Defense Force in her native New Zealand, T.J. O’SULLIVAN is a "sassy Kiwi" female eye, "tough as old boots," who does double duty, starring in her own Honolulu-set thrillers, and appearing occasionally in the author's other P.I. series, alongside LA gumshoe Ben Malone. In fact, … Continue reading T.J. O’Sullivan
Johnny Aloha
Created by Day Keene Pseudonym of Gunnar Hjerstedt (1904-1969) "Familiar enough in its sex and violence and in its expose of criminous goings on in the pop-record business; but it's fast, lively and professional, and Irish-Hawaiian Johnny Aloha is better company than many of ficiton's private eyes." -- Anthony Boucher, New York Times, on Payola … Continue reading Johnny Aloha
Alexis Albright
Created by J.M.T. Miller Pseudonym of Janice M. Tubbs-Miller 1944- ALEXIS ALBRIGHT is an female ex-cop turned Honolulu private detective. And that's about all I know. Author Miller also wrote about another detective, Artie Weatherby, a Vietnam vet turned rather quirky private eye. NOVELS The Jade Crucible (1995) | Buy this book The Plum Blossoms (1994) … Continue reading Alexis Albright
John Caine
Created by Charles Knief Retired U.S. naval officer and SEAL JOHN CAINE lives on his 56-foot ketch-rigged sailboat, Duchess, in Oahu, Hawaii, and supplements his income by occasionally doing little favors for friends. Drawing favorable comparisons to Spenser and particularly Travis McGee, Caine's first appearance, 1996's Diamond Head, won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers … Continue reading John Caine
Noelani Lee
Created by Tom Bradley Jr. NOELANI LEE was a Vegas waitress who got tired of the constant grab ass, and after being paid off to keep her mouth shut about the antics of one particular obnoxious customer, she took the money and ran. All the way back home to Hawaii where she became a private … Continue reading Noelani Lee
Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)
Created by Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson I just don't get it. Never has such a so-so show had such a large impact on the genre as the MAGNUM, P.I. A watered-down and beefcaked-up Rockford Files wannabe, utilizing Hawaii 5-O's discarded props and then-rising star (and former cigarette commercial star) Tom Selleck... Okay, okay, I … Continue reading Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)