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Forced to attend the Student Retention Office's summer retreat, Professor Molly brings her game of buzzword bingo to fend off boredom. But when the insufferable Kent Lovely, Mahina State's one-man hostile work environment, collapses face-first into his haupia cheesecake, the afternoon goes from dull to disastrous. Now Molly has to fight to keep an innocent out of prison -- and herself off the unemployment line.
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Newly single and far from home, Professor Molly Barda wants to stay out of trouble until she gets tenure at remote Mahina State University. But when local big-shot Jimmy Tanaka, pledges a huge donation to Molly's college and then disappears, Molly's bottom-line-obsessed dean tasks her with locating the missing mogul. As Molly explores ancient grudges and uncovers old scandals, she starts to fall for Tanaka's competitor, the too-good-to-be-true Donnie...
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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.
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Forced to attend the Student Retention Office's summer retreat, Professor Molly brings her game of buzzword bingo to fend off boredom. But when a serial harasser collapses face-first into his haupia cheesecake, the event goes from dull to disastrous. Now Molly has to fight to keep her best friend out of the worst kind of trouble - and herself off the unemployment line.
If you like Dorothy Parker, P.G. Wodehouse, or E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia stories,...
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When Professor Molly investigates a mysterious paddling accident, she discovers 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 to sink the competition.
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It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.
On the way to interviewing a local farmer, Professor Molly stumbles onto a dismembered body in a field of genetically modified papayas. Molly is sure the murder has nothing to do with her new research project...until a second gruesome death rocks Mahina's tight farming community, and Molly's administration drops her research like a hot potato. If Molly can't root out the bad apples, not only will her tenure case...
7) Mother's Day
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The old Brigham House on Russian Road has secrets. And they smell awful. Pregnant professor Molly is battling morning sickness, a meddling mom, and the "helpful" interventions of the Student Retention Office. The last thing she needs on her to-do list is a murder.
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Professor Emma Nakamura doesn't believe in ghosts. So it doesn't bother her (much) when she learns of a long-ago suicide in her remote upcountry rental house. She's sure there's a logical explanation for the disappearing items and the strange sounds in the night. Fortunately (?), Emma's best friend Molly has news shocking enough to take Emma's mind off the hauntings. Now Emma and Molly have to rely on their strong reasoning skills and a weak internet...
10) Trust Fall
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It looks like it's going to be another boring faculty retreat at Mahina State University, "Where Your Future Begins Tomorrow." But then the Trust Fall exercise goes horribly wrong.
Is it murder, or just the worst meeting of the semester?
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The only thing Professor Molly Barda wanted was to teach literature. But the job market wasn’t what she expected, so Molly took a job teaching resume writing in the College of Commerce at remote Mahina State University, in rural Hawaii.
Now she's chair of the management department, and responsible for mentoring the department's new star, the prickly Fiona Spencer. Her college has just relocated to a former asylum, her budget is being slashed, and...
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Professor Molly investigates a mysterious paddling accident, and discovers that 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 to get ahead.
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It's another faculty retreat at Mahina State University, "Where Your Future Begins Tomorrow." Professor Molly struggles to stay awake. Her best friend Dr. Emma Nakamura does her best not to throttle anyone (a particular challenge in the case of newbie know-it-all Kyle Stockhausen).
But then the Trust Fall exercise goes horribly wrong. And things get a lot more interesting. Is it murder? Or just the worst meeting of the semester?
14) The Influencer
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There's no such thing as bad publicity. Until it happens to you. Professor Molly's new renter is a social media star seeking privacy in remote Mahina, Hawaii. The arrangement seems to be working out--until the celebrity influencer vanishes. Molly and her best friend Emma Nakamura call in the Mahina PD and try to stay out of the way. But as they confront nosy neighbors, fanatical followers, and the missing woman's has-been husband, Molly and Emma find...
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