Murder She Wrote: Aloha Betrayed

<b><b>New in the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling series&#151;Jessica Fletcher finds herself in a tropical paradise where &#147;aloha&#148; means both hello and goodbye. But sometimes the goodbye is permanent&#133;</b></b><br><br>Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui giving a lecture on community involvement in police investigations. Her co-lecturer is legendary retired detective Mike Kane who shares his love of Hawaiian lore legends and culture with Jessica. But the talking stops when the body of a colleague is found at the rocky foot of a cliff.<br><br>Mala Kapule a botanist and popular professor at Maui College was known for her activism and efforts on behalf of the volcanic crater Haleakala. Plans to place the world&#146;s largest solar telescope there split the locals with Mala arguing fiercely&#160;to preserve the delicate ecology of the area.<br><br>Now it&#146;s up to Jessica and Mike to uncover who was driven to silence the scientist&#133;and betray the spirit of aloha.