P.I. Sharon McCone is sick and tired of San Francisco's persistent rainy weather, so she jumps at the chance to investigate the sabotage of a movie being filmed on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The documentary is based on the writings of Elson Wellbright, a descendant of a missionary family and scholar of Hawaiian culture and history. Wellbright's son is bankrolling the project and has angered many members of the family, who aren't anxious for the film to be completed. Soon the sabotage escalates into violence and the matriarch of the Wellbright family falls to her death during a shoot on a clifftop. McCone's investigation takes her into a world of family secrets, drug dealing, political insurgency, and murder.
Hawaii can be beautiful if no one is trying to murder you. Sharon McCone and Hy Rapinski are at it again as they investigate sabotage and attempted murder on the Islands and stumble into politics, drug smuggling and family skeletons. Reader Joyce Bean never really gets into the character of McCone or her narration. She does capture the pacing of Hawaiian speech, a break from an overall unemotional performance. While Muller keeps the story and tension going, Bean dampens it with an uninteresting rendition that plods through breathtaking scenery and heartrending flirtation between McCone and Hawaii native Russ Tanner--testing the patience of audiobook fans to the very end. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
About the Author
MARCIA MULLER has written many novels and short stories. Her novel Wolf in the Shadows won the Anthony Boucher Award. The recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award - their highest accolade - she lives in northern California with her husband, mystery writer Bill Pronzini.
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