Animal Island Series

K9 Rocky and partner Angie Ozawa take on their first big case. It's January 1955, "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes is No. 1 on the Mainland, and dogs, cats, and rats all talk up a tropical storm on Animal Island.   Can Rocky and Angie, Honolulu Police Department's first Japanese American female cop, take on evil Pinky Chang and his henchman and bust a drug ring organized by "Ready" Reilly, a Navy officer gone bad? Soon Carmen, queen of the city's felines and owner of a string of cat houses, union organizer and rat, Vlad the Red, and Gabby, a poodle and NIS agent from San Diego, join in and the fur flies!   * * *   "You can just about forget that the characters are animals in some cases. The dialogue, references, writing transports you back to old-time Honolulu. Believable and interesting characters drive this short and make it an enjoyable read."    

Vlad takes on the Mafia! All your favorite characters from CANINE COP–An Animal Island Story are back! Vlad the Red is the boss of Crimson Tribe, the biggest rat mischief in Honolulu in the mid-1950s. Will a potentially deadly falling out with the criminally inclined Emerald Tribe be the end of Vlad and his reign as the city's underground king? Will Vlad's wife, Marvel, let him watch The Jackie Gleason Show uninterrupted in his upscale warren with teen daughter Snuggle and son Tuggle? Will she refuse to bring him a tiny Primo beer? Not until he picks up his tool belt! Cry with Snuggle when she visit's Denzel at her part-time job at the local animal shelter; rejoice as she hits the waves on Lily's surfboard at Waikiki Beach. But watch out for that shark! Just when a treaty between the rat tribes, Crimson, Emerald, and Sapphire, looks to bring peace to Honolulu's rodent community, Mr. White, president of the local pipefitters' union and member of Hawaii's Mafia enters the picture. Famous for cement overcoats in Honolulu Bay, White will stop at nothing to steal the rats' sewer inspection contract with the city.   With the help of K9 Cop Rocky and brave partner Angie Ozawa, Vlad the Red bares his fangs and battles back after assassination attempts by White's hireling, Rattus the Lesser. Join the fun and watch the fur fly!