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Pub Date 12 Oct 2017 | Archive Date 30 Jan 2018

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Meet Artie Harper, single mom, former Marine, and unfairly dismissed mainland cop. Forced to take a job as head of security for a Hawaiian hotel chain, she’s suddenly in the spotlight when a body is dumped at the hotel, and her underling is arrested for murder. When her libidinous frenemy, Detective Sargent Ma, lets on that he’d be eager to implicate her as well, Artie realizes she has to solve the homicide on her own.


Her only ally appears to be Katie Kyler, a Fed who never says exactly what branch of the government she works for, and whose interest in Artie is at least partially romantic. Artie must clear her man and avoid indictment herself, but she needs to overcome her tendency to get into trouble because she's not quite as tough as she thinks she is, and the shadow of her past, before she uncovers the forgotten crime that made more murder inevitable.


Meet Artie Harper, single mom, former Marine, and unfairly dismissed mainland cop. Forced to take a job as head of security for a Hawaiian hotel chain, she’s suddenly in the spotlight when a body is...


Advance Praise

“Cahill does a fantastic job delivering in this action-packed whodunnit.” —Robert Smith, author of What Lies Within

“Cahill does a fantastic job delivering in this action-packed whodunnit.” —Robert Smith, author of What Lies Within


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ISBN 9781612969275
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Artie Harper is a strong female main character, a former marine and police officer, she is now Head of Security for a small chain of hotels. There are various times when Artie reflects on life with her daughter, who has Aspergers and has recently come to live with her. A calm existence suddenly changes when a body is discovered at the hotel and Artie's deputy is accused.
I enjoyed the story, time is taken to explore the background of the different nationalities on the island and the back story of how Artie came to be at the hotel. I felt that Artie was a great character, who took everything on the chin and still came up fighting. Aspergers was covered sensitively and led to additional depth in the characters. The plot kept up with plenty of twists and turns, there were several parts that led to some completely unexpected conclusions.
A great read.

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Artie Harper is a former Marine, dismissed LAPD cop and single mother of a teenaged girl who has left the mainland for a new start as head of security for an Oahu 4-star hotel. Then the battered body of a Marshallese man is dumped at the hotel and one of her staff is arrested for murder by the HPD's Sergeant Ma. In order to clear him and avoid being indicted herself, Artie realizes she has to solve the homicide on her own. A hurricane hits the island and causes widespread damage and chaos, and also unearths the long buried skeleton of a baby on the beach. Artie doggedly uncovers plenty of unsavoury activities involving hotel staff, prostitutes, blackmail and connections with some VIP hotel guests. She becomes the target of several nasty attacks but isn't deterred from snooping by either the HPD, her tedious boss Larry or the Feds's lusty Katie Kyler.

I received an eARC via Netgalley and Black Rose Writing with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book and provided this review.

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