In this, the fourth novel in the series, attorney Storm Kayama once again finds herself in the midst of a dangerous situation despite the fact that her journey from Honolulu to Maui begins innocently enough. All she has to do is some perfunctory legal work on behalf a client setting up a new business, a dive shop. But she no sooner lands there than she is witness to an explosion at a restaurant, which kills an official.
Then an employee working on the new dive shop shoots his two young daughters and himself. From that point, Storm becomes involved in the various personalities and interrelationships way beyond the simple task if setting up by-laws and establishing insurance criteria. These include the Yakuza, intertwined interests of local businesses, real estate, prostitution and politics. It makes for exciting reading.
As in past novels in the series, the book is filled with broad glimpses of the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands, as well as its past history and customs. Fast-paced and smoothly written, the novel is entertaining and a good read, and is recommended.
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Theodore Feit