A retiree's Hawaiian vacation is disrupted by homicide in this mystery by the author of the award-nominated Paul Jacobson series. On a Maui vacation with his beautiful wife Sophie, retired entrepreneur Mark Yeager makes a gruesome and unwanted discovery. While eyeing the lush landscape of a dream property, he spots a dead body nestled between a dirt mound and the wall of a pickleball court. In short order, Mark is considered one of the prime suspects. Detective Puna Pa'a and his sidekick, Akahi Mendoza, always think that the person who discovers a body is guilty until proven innocent, and this is no exception. Ever the sleuth, Mark-a cancer survivor who's intent on making the most of his second chance at life-joins a pickleball game with three players, hoping to solve the murder so he can clear his name. But things don't go quite as planned. He is set up on a drug bust, his wife is kidnapped, and he gets crosswise with a local crime boss named Oana. Mark isn't sure which way is up, and to make matters worse, he is implicated in a second murder. Trouble follows trouble, as they say. Now Mark must try to regain paradise using ingenuity, street smarts, and deception… "Readers will look forward to seeing more of this determined tennis enthusiast and cancer survivor."-Publishers Weekly

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