Mare's Nest: 1 (T. J. O'Sullivan Novels)

From the author of the Malone Mystery series comes smart sassy Los Angeles private investigator T. J. OSullivan. Originally from New Zealand T. J. has the accent and the attitude to go with it. When Los Angeles private investigator T. J. OSullivan travels to Hawaii to track down a clients missing daughter it seems like a simple missing person case. OSullivan is excited at the prospect of mixing a little business with some pleasure on the beaches of sunny Waikiki. But as soon as she arrives in Honolulu the case starts to turn into anything but routine. In fact it becomes a regular mares nest of lies extortion and murder. T. J. learns that her clients daughter hasnt actually gone missing. Instead she has been abducted and is being held for ransom. To make matters worse while T. J. tries to get a lead on the daughters whereabouts she has to fend off the sexual advances of her womanizing client. Then her client is murdered and his body discovered in her hotel room putting T. J. in the frame for a murder charge. Now she must solve at least one murder to prove her own innocence resolve a criminal conspiracy involving her dead clients own family and employees and save herself from the clutches of some serious bad guys who want her dead.