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RULES OF PRIVILEGE

Posted by Daniel S. on Sunday, May 6, 2012, In : New Book Release

As I mentioned just before Savant Books released my previous novel, MANIFEST INTENT, I had returned to my roots as a lawyer after my first novel, the Hawaiian thriller KANAKA BLUES. My newest work, RULES OF PRIVILEGE, stays in that world, but strays from the environment of the big law firm into the orbit of solo practitioners, who sometimes struggle just to stay afloat.

While the problems of large and small firms often are radically different, all lawyers, no matter the size of their firms,...
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Almost Paradise

Posted by Daniel S. on Friday, September 16, 2011, In : New Book Release

Mail carrier Louise came to Oahu to start over. In the comfortable life she has built for herself, there are no surprises. She likes it that way. One day, while delivering the mail, Louise notices something wrong. One of her elderly customers, Mrs. Santos, is missing. Mrs. Santos lives alone and has no close family or friends. Even after Louise alerts the police, she can’t stop worrying. Has Mrs. Santos fallen? Is she suffering from amnesia? Was she assaulted while walking to the store? Lou...
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SO, A. G. HAYES, WHO IS KILLING ALL THE LAWYERS?

Posted by Daniel S. on Thursday, June 16, 2011, In : New Book Release

The protagonists in my book, WHO'S KILLING ALL THE LAWYERS? are based on a couple of Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents I met during the cold war in Vienna, Austria, a few months after the end of World War II. My unit had moved from Italy into Austria to augment other units searching for fugitive Nazi’s mingling as Austrians citizens.

Several of us were trained by army intelligence to not only seek runaways, but to fraternize with the general population and gather information for coun...
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A Book to Read with Manifest Intent

Posted by Daniel S. on Monday, December 6, 2010, In : New Book Release

Scot Anthony, a young a lawyer on the cusp of making partner at a major Dallas law firm, faces the biggest crisis of his young career: Someone is killing off the witnesses in his lawsuit with the federal government. The only way to smoke out the killer is to force the case to trial, even if that means sabotaging reasonable settlement efforts–but the trial is aborted in mid-stream when two more witnesses are killed.

Trying to put the case behind him, Scot and his wife take an impromptu vacati...

Mike Farris' Hawaii Murder-Mystery Thriller KANAKA BLUES Released!

Posted by Daniel S. on Thursday, June 24, 2010, In : New Book Release

HAWAII - The very word evokes visions of Paradise–white, sandy beaches; swaying palm trees; silver waterfalls; hula girls; Mai Tais; and luaus.Each year, millions flock to the islands to soak up rays, splash in the surf, play golf, and lounge around luxury resorts. But beneath the surface of this tourist Mecca, a simmering resentment threatens to boil over at any moment as a proud people, the native Hawaiians, find themselves servants in their own home, waiting hand and foot on these white ...
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KANAKA BLUES - A Thriller by Mike Farris

Posted by Daniel S. on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, In : PreRelease

Professor Charlie Cain has been sent by the U.S. Senate to investigate the various sovereignty groups in Hawaii and bring back a recommendation on controversial legislation pending in Congress that may recognize Native Hawaiian rights. But when Charlie turns up missing, and is later found dead, his former student, law professor Erin Hanna, travels to Hawaii to hunt for his killer and to finish his work. She joins forces with Hawaiian detective Tommy Kanahele, who has zeroed in on a prime su...
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