Publisher Description
Samoan detective Apelu Soifua lives on the knife edge of two disparate cultures, navigating a perilous dance between native and that, over the years, has landed him in his fair share of trouble. So when a routine patrol on a remote jungle estate uncovers an inter-island smuggling ring, it doesn’t take long for Apelu to realize there’s more than just cigarettes and bootleg CDs at stake. Someone in Apelu’s corner of paradise is trafficking humans—and they won’t think twice about setting up a cop to take the fall.
Now Apelu stands accused of murder, and his only shot at proving his innocence is to go AWOL from his job and his wife until he can unearth the truth. Hunted by the police, his only ally is a young American widow whom he quickly discovers is anything but what she seems. Apelu knows he’s playing with fire—but can he unmask a killer before he gets burned?
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About John Enright
John Enright was
born in Buffalo, New York, in 1945. He earned a master’s degree in folklore at UC Berkeley, before devoting the
1970s to the publishing industry in New York, San Francisco, and Hong Kong. In
1981, he left the United States to teach at the American Samoa Community
College and spent the next twenty-six years living on the islands of the South
Pacific. Over the past four decades, his essays, articles, short stories, and
poems have appeared in more than seventy books, anthologies, journals,
periodicals, and online magazines. His collection of poems from Samoa, 14
Degrees South, won the University of the South Pacific Press’ inaugural
International Literature Competition. Today, he and his wife, ceramicist Connie
Payne, live in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
About Phil Gigante
Phil Gigante has narrated more than two hundred audiobooks, earning ten AudioFile Earphones Awards and three of the prestigious Audie Awards for best narration. An actor, director, and producer with over twenty years of experience in theater, film, television, and radio, he is currently the artistic director of Gigantic Productions and Little Giant Children’s Theatre.