The island of Maui is turquoise ocean, stunning vistas, and whalesong but organized crime has a hidden hold, and Detective Lei Texeira tracks evil that hides behind a beautiful face. When a nameless teenage girl dies in an apparent vehicular suicide, Lei can t rest until she finds out what really happened. She blazes through all the wealth and poverty of Maui island society in her quest for justice, rousing a deadly foe even as she faces the personal demons of commitment and revenge that threaten the only real love she s ever kwn.