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Tori Eldridge

Bestselling mystery/thriller author of the Lily Wong series and Ranger Makalani Pahukula mysteries; former Broadway performer and fifth-degree black belt in To-Shin Do ninjutsu.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Sep 24, 2026

Hawaii News Now

Hawaii News Now

HI Now Daily (September 23, 2026)

Sep 24 · 45m

Kainoa CarlsonHOST

37:52

Tell us about it.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

37:53

Oh, sure.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

37:54

Okay, so Kauai Storm, in that Makalani Pahukula, she's a national park ranger in Oregon.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

38:01

She comes back home to Anahola, Kauai for her tutu's 85th birthday, and she finds two cousins missing.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

38:09

Her ohana at each other's throat and their Hawaiian homelands homesteading way of life at risk.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

38:15

So it's a family drama wilderness adventure that addresses blood quantum and identity and forgiveness.

Kainoa CarlsonHOST

38:23

are

Tori EldridgeGUEST

38:24

happening very much in real life.

Spies, Lies and Private Eyes

Spies, Lies and Private Eyes

Tori Eldridge on her 'Hawaii Western' Hawai'i Rage

Jul 27 · 26m

Terrence McCauleyHOST

1:40

So anyway, I would love it if you could tell us a little bit about this novel that you've just got out now, Hawaii Rage.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

1:50

Oh, gosh, I'd be happy to.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

1:53

So it is one of my Ranger Makalani Pahukula mysteries.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

1:58

And she is a native Hawaiian woman.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

2:02

national park ranger and law enforcement officer.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

2:05

She was previously working at a huge national park in Oregon.

Tori EldridgeGUEST

2:09

Okay.

7 MINS LATER

Terrence McCauleyHOST

9:04

People don't think beyond that because there's a whole culture that's ancient and beautiful right there beyond that.