Tropical Judgments

"The Pancho McMartin Legal Thrillers, set in Hawaii, are smart,

witty, suspenseful page-turners... highly recommended."

-Robert Westbrook author of the Howard Moon Deer Mysteries 

Auntie Irene Kamaka, Hawaii's beloved singer, hula dancer, and former Miss Hawaii, is brutally robbed and murdered as she is leaving a gig in Honolulu.

Jackson Steele, a nineteen-year-old homeless black man is charged with her murder.

The famously tolerant Aloha State erupts in racial tensions at outrage over the loss of Hawaii's iconic performer.

Well-known, flamboyant, and often unpredictable criminal defense attorney, Pancho McMartin, is cajoled by Honolulu's administrative judge into representing the accused on a court-appointed basis.

As Pancho reluctantly goes to work for his new client, first impressions and assumptions-and not just about his client-begin to crumble. 

Tropical Judgments is a roller-coaster of a ride through some of the darker underbellies of paradise-a page-turning legal thriller.

Praise for Tropical Lies

Book One

"Tropical Lies is a wonderful legal thriller with an alluring setting, Hawaii, and a smart, witty protagonist, Pancho McMartin, a criminal defense attorney who manages to get in and out of trouble with great panache. This is a classic page-turner, lots of fun and suspense." -Robert Westbrook, author of Howard Moon Deer Mysteries