Unplayable Lie

Literature & Fiction

Robinson, David Myles

Genre Fiction

BluewaterPress LLC

Pancho McMartin, Honolulu's colorful, unpredictable and successful criminal defense attorney will soon take on a client charged with the most brutal, high profile murder in Hawaii's history. Pancho's client is a former mercenary, accused of the brutal murder of the man who was once Honolulu's most sought-after investment counselor. As the case unfolds and the lies are exposed, the evidence against Pancho's client is overwhelming and Pancho, now desperate, must find a way to prove his client's innocence. The trial isn't going well and Pancho is forced to ask himself: is his client really innocent?" Finally, Pancho realizes there is one card he might be able to play in this life and death courtroom drama. It would be the biggest gamble of his professional life. The problem is that if it backfires, not only could it destroy Pancho's career, but also result in a guilty verdict that would send his client to prison for life. Tropical Lies is an edge of your chair legal thriller of nerve-wracking suspense and surprise twists. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Myles Robinson was born in Los Angeles, California. He went to Blair High in Pasadena and attended San Francisco State College, Cal State Los Angeles, University of Hawaii, and San Francisco State University respectively. He obtained his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1975 where he met his wife, Marcia Waldorf. The two moved to Hawaii to practice law in 1975. Waldorf retired as a Honolulu Circuit Court Judge in 2006 and Robinson retired from private practice in 2010. Robinson's non-writing passions include golfing and skiing. The two now live in Taos, NM.

Tropical Lies

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Pancho McMartin is  back! After one of Hawaii's most beloved celebrities is murdered, Pancho gets an unexpected call from Judge Makena, the administrative judge. The good judge, short of court appointed attorneys, wants Pancho to represent a young, homeless black man, Jackson Steele, accused of the murder. But not only has the famously tolerant Aloha State erupted in racial tensions at outrage over the loss of  Hawaii's iconic performer, the evidence against Jackson is compelling.  As Pancho reluctantly goes to work for his new client, he and his lead investigator and best friend, Drew Tulafono, find themselves immersed in some of the darker underbellies of this tropical paradise. The problem? There are many on the island with reasons to keep the secrets of the murder just that - secret. Even if it means an innocent young man goes to jail.  David Myles Robinson crafted a fast-paced story that keeps readers glued to the pages from the first page to the end of the story. If you read Robinson's first Pancho McMartin  tale, Tropical Lies, you know what you're in for.  David Myles Robinson was born in Los Angeles, California. He went to Blair High in Pasadena and attended San Francisco State College, Cal State Los Angeles, University of Hawaii, and San Francisco State University respectively. He obtained his J.D. from the  University of San Francisco School of Law in 1975 where he met his wife, Marcia Waldorf. The two moved to Hawaii to practice law in 1975. Waldorf retired as a  Honolulu Circuit Court Judge in 2006 and Robinson retired from private practice in 2010. Robinson's nonwriting passions include golfing and skiing. The two now live in Taos, NM.

Tropical Judgments

Review\n"I love novels that manage to address serious themes with humor, novels along the lines of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest or Tom Robbins's Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Readers familiar with David Robinson's novels have come to appreciate the quick pace, entertaining prose, and clever plots. You'll find all those elements in his latest novel, Rex, the Kid, the Whore, the Witch, and the Scientist, but he has also managed to blend serious themes of loss with quirky characters and hilarious dialogue....if you're a thoughtful reader who likes novels that reach higher, novels that can have you laughing and weeping while desperately turning pages to see what happens next, then you'll love Rex, the Kid, the Whore, the Witch, and the Scientist." 
- William Greenleaf, author of Bloodright, and The Tartarus Incident and other novels\n"Rex, the Kid, the Whore, the Witch, and the Scientist by David Myles Robinson brilliantly pairs the seriousness of the plot with a touch of humor and lightness. David Myles Robinson's novels are known for their fast pace, lively prose, and ingenious plots, which readers have come to love." - The Book Commentary\n"If you are looking for a book that will make your day, then David Myles Robinson is your ideal author! The ingenuity and informal writing are beyond spectacular!" 4 out of 4 stars: Online Book Review.\nWhen "golden boy" wealth manager Rex Reynold's yacht was struck and sunk by a surfacing Russian submarine, his young son was lost at sea and his wife suffered a brain injury.The FBI, determined to cover up the Russian's involvement, forced Rex to accept the story that he was drunk and sank the yacht after running into a shoal. Naturally, Rex's life changed forever. His wife, who had amnesia, blamed him for the loss of their son. After she took up with an Episcopal minister and filed for divorce, Rex sought refuge and enlightenment at MEXICO'S #1 RATED PSYCHEDELIC SPA, which led him to a small Mexican village where he met a young beggar named Reynaldo.\nThere, he learned the story of Reynaldo's mother, the puta (whore), his aunt, a possible witch (bruja), and his father, an American scientist. Rex's already upside-down life changed yet again as he helped Reynaldo; investigated a Ponzi scheme; and ultimately and accidentally learned what the Russian sub was doing off the coast of California.

Rex, the Kid, the Whore, the Witch, and the Scientist

Humor & Satire

Successful San Francisco attorney Will Muñoz has heard of the brutal former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, of course, but it's not until he receives his mother's suicide letter that he has any inkling Pinochet may have had his father, Chilean writer Ricardo Muñoz, assassinated thirty years earlier. Her suspicions spur Will on to a quest to discover the truth about his father's death–and about the psychological forces that have driven his mother to her fatal decision. His journey takes him deep into unexpected darkness linking his current step-father, the CIA, drug-experimentation programs, and a conspiracy of domestic terrorism. The Pinochet Plot is not just a story of a man seeking inner peace; it is also a story of sinister history doomed to repeat itself.

The Pinochet Plot

Literary

Terra Nova Books

Russell Blaze was a man who had it all. The highway accident that killed him was a sudden tragedy--until his son Cody found the letter and the manuscript. One said he feared being murdered; the other told the tale of a man and a life unknown to his devoted family--the years of abuse, murder, and racial entanglement amid the love and violence of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in its not-so-golden "hippie" era.The story Cody reads fascinates him, a world away from his own happiness and success. But as it moves closer to the present moment, he and those he cares about become ensnared as well, until a battle of life and death becomes the only way out.

Words Kill

Thrillers & Suspense

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