Albert Tucher
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Loco Moco
April 24th, 2018 23:20 by Albert Tucher
I'm working on a new story featuring Officer Jenny Freitas of the Hawaii County Police. It begins with a noise complaint incited by a neighbor keeping roosters on his property in the rainy, sparsely populated Puna district, but the the local breakfast favorite loco moco plays an important part in the climax of the story.
What is loco moco, you ask? Start with a bed of rice. Put a ground beef patty on it, and then a fried egg on top of that. But here's the secret: pour on too much brown gravy, and then pour on even more. Until you can handle it, you're not kama'aina (a longtime resident of the islands).
The working title of the story is Downsides, but that may change.
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Here's why ...
April 10th, 2018 17:19 by Albert Tucher
... I write about the Big Island of Hawaii. Where else do homeowners routinely worry about fresh lava obliterating their homes or cutting them off from the rest of the world? That's in addition to the problems that every would-be homeowner faces in the form of fraud and thievery.
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Read An Ebook Week
March 7th, 2018 15:06 by Albert Tucher
March 4-10. If anyone is inclined to participate, may I suggest my Untreed Reads titles and the first novel in the Errol Coutinho/Big Island of Hawaii series
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The Hollow Vessel
February 27th, 2018 23:28 by Albert Tucher
That's the title of the next book in my Errol Coutinho/Big Island of Hawaii series. It has just been listed as forthcoming in Amazon, with a tentative date of July 2018. No cover yet, but it's becoming real!
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Tickled to death!
December 29th, 2017 00:17 by Albert Tucher
A great review of my story Illusions in the new issue of Spinetingler.
The issue is available here.
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Spinetingler
November 29th, 2017 16:07 by Albert Tucher
The fall 2017 issue of Spinetingler magazine is out, with short fiction, interviews and articles. Included is my Diana Andrews story Illusions. Diana is in her new career as president of Litvinov Associates, a body guarding and security firm, but her old friend, retired detective Dale Tillotson, recruits her for his investigation into the murder of a part-time prostitute in 1964. Yes, it's the Mad Men era, and it's the coldest case of Diana's career.
Available here from Down And Out Books, also from Amazon.
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Crime Bake!
November 1st, 2017 15:16 by Albert Tucher
On the topic of conferences, one of my favorites is coming up this Veterans Day weekend. I first attended the Crime Bake in 2006, when it was held in Lowell, Mass. The organizers moved it to Dedham for ten years, but this year we will be at a new venue in Woburn. Wherever they hold it, I'm there!
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Bouchercon!
October 18th, 2017 19:30 by Albert Tucher
I just registered for Bouchercon 2018, to be held next September in St. Petersburg. I had planned to go to Toronto this year, but I kept letting the deadlines pass without acting. This year I resolved to eliminate passive aggression and just do it.
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Introducing Officer Jenny Freitas.
August 19th, 2017 21:21 by Albert Tucher
Jenny is a young patrol officer with the Hawaii County Police and a supporting character in the world of Detective Errol Coutinho, who is in turn a supporting character in the world of prostitute Diana Andrews.
With me so far?
I focus on Jenny in several short stories, the first of which, Sensitivity Training, appears in the anthology Busted: Arresting Stories From the Beat from Level Best Books.
The nice folks at Mysteristas interviewed me recently about the story and Jenny. The result appears here
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Dipping my toe ...
July 11th, 2017 18:17 by Albert Tucher
... Into audio books. Just a tidbit for now. My friend Elaine Ash/Anonymous-9 is not just a great writer. Here she shows her voice-over chops.
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