A review by beeisbooked
Kona Winds by Scott Kikkawa

4.0

So this was my first venture into the Noir mystery genre, and I throughly enjoyed it! The setting is unfamiliar to me but Kikkawa does a great job of creating the atmosphere and definitely makes you feel that Hawaiian heat. The main character Frankie Yoshikawa is really fantastic, and a truly good character. His love interest Ellen Park is a good match for him, though I did feel like their romance was a little rushed, but I didn’t mind so much since I really liked their relationship. The pacing at the beginning might be a bit slow for people, but it does a good job of setting up the foundations for the mystery. Overall a really great read, and if Kikkawa releases any more mysteries involving Detective Yoshikawa I’d be more than happy to read them!