Professor Molly Barda is a big city girl recently transplanted to remote Mahina State University. Thanks to the academic job market, she puts her top-ten literature Ph.D. to use by teaching resume-writing to business majors. Molly just wants to keep her head down and stay out of trouble until she gets tenure, so naturally she ends up getting dragged into one murder case after another.

The Professor Molly Mysteries

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The Black Thumb by
Series: The Professor Molly Mysteries. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 65,420. Language: English. Published: April 30, 2016 by Hawaiian Heritage Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
When a violent death disrupts the monthly meeting of the Pua Kala Garden society, Professor Molly Barda has no intention of playing amateur detective. But Molly’s not just a witness–the victim is Molly’s house guest and grad-school frenemy. And Molly quickly finds to her dismay that her interest in the murder of the stylish and self-centered Melanie Polewski is more than just…academic.
The Invasive Species by
Series: The Professor Molly Mysteries. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 67,860. Language: English. Published: April 15, 2016 by Hawaiian Heritage Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American
Professor Molly Barda is thrilled to be included in a grant to investigate attitudes toward biotechnology. But she immediately finds herself embroiled in the deadly fight between big biotech and anti-GMO activists. When Molly and her best friend Emma Nakamura stumble onto the scene of a brutal murder, they realize everyone has something to hide--and there are some questions you just don't ask.
The Cursed Canoe by
Series: The Professor Molly Mysteries. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 66,970. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2016 by Hawaiian Heritage Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Professor Molly Barda investigates a mysterious paddling accident, and realizes it isn’t just business majors who cheat to get what they want. Whether it’s moving up in the college rankings, getting a seat in the big canoe race, or just looking out for themselves, some people will do whatever it takes-including murder.
The Case of the Defunct Adjunct by
Series: The Professor Molly Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 65,470. Language: English. Published: November 27, 2015 by Hawaiian Heritage Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
A forbidden kiss. A death in plain sight. And the faculty meeting’s just begun. When the lecherous Kent Lovely, Mahina State University’s one-man hostile work environment, collapses into the haupia cheesecake, the Student Retention Office's summer retreat goes from dull to disastrous. Now Professor Molly Barda has to fight to keep an innocent out of prison—and herself off the unemployment line