Against the Law

Hawaii's governor has been brutally butchered savaged with the bloody trappings of the island's ancient warrior rituals. The D.A.'s office wastes no time in arresting the most obvious suspect, Peter Maikai, popular leader of the Hawaiian grassroots political movement. But Dan Carrier, the prosecutor assigned to the case, objects. Not only is the case flawed--Peter Maikai was for Dan the only father he ever had.

When Maikai dies before the trial begins, Dan launches his own unofficial investigation. With the help of Maikai's daughter, Lily, he unearths secret after secret, each more astonishing and lethal than the last. As the string of startling revelations leads to some of Hawaii's most powerful players, Dan and Lily find themselves trapped in a growing web of deceit and murder--unaware that they possess the one piece of evidence the killer will do anything to destroy....