Saving Paradise

Name: Saving Paradise
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Mike Bond
ISBN: 9781536674835

Author: Mike Bond

Series: Pono Hawkins #1

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 03/28/2017

Categories: Fiction, Political

Synopsis

"An action packed, must read novel ... " - WASHINGTON TIMESWhen a beautiful journalist drowns mysteriously off Waikiki, former Special Forces veteran Pono Hawkins, now a well-known surfer and international surfing correspondent, quickly gets caught up in trying to solve her death. What he learns soon targets him for murder or life in prison as a cabal of powerful energy corporations, foreign killers and crooked politicians focuses the blame on him.Haunted by memories of Afghanistan, and determined to protect the Hawaii he loves from dirty politics tied to huge destructive energy developments, Pono turns to Special Forces buddies and his own skills to fight his deadly enemies, trying to both save himself and track down her killers.Alive with the sights, sounds and history of Hawaii, Saving Paradise is also a rich portrait of what Pono calls "the seamy side of paradise", and a relentless thriller of politics, lies, manhunts and remorseless murder."A rousing crime thriller." - BOOK CHASE

About Mike Bond

Mike Bond is a bestselling novelist, war and human rights correspondent, environmental activist, award-winning poet, and international energy expert. He has lived and worked in many dangerous, remote, and war-torn regions of the world. His critically acclaimed novels depict the innate hunger of the human heart for good, the intense joys of love, the terror and fury of battle, the sinister vagaries of politics and multinational corporations, and the magical beauty of the vanishing natural world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elyse on October 30, 2014

Any author who writes a book --with its location being Hawaii --has a passion for the island! :) My husband and I started our marriage off visiting Hawaii --36 years ago. I've since then read many books about the Hawaiian culture --[historical novels] --exquisite textured tales of darkness and lightn......more

Goodreads review by Joe on August 09, 2020

I would really like to give this review 3.5 stars; not 3. But we don't have that option. On the plus side, the book is very fast moving. The plot is complex and twisting and the killer is not revealed until the last several pages. On the negative, the plot can be overly complex and I got lost a coup......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on July 19, 2017

A tropical island location and murder, I can hardly wait for my journey to begin. The opening page brought to mind the beauty and wonder of Oahu, Hawaii. Surfing zero. Dead body one. Sylvia, literally, bumped into Pono Hawkins, as he hit the surf. But she wasn’t breathing any more. I love everything abo......more

Goodreads review by Kathi on June 12, 2017

A nice, suspenseful thriller set in Hawaii, with a plot timely that could happen today. A surfer, former Special Forces Pono, is out for an early morning surf and finds a body in the water. Cops are called and Pono learns the woman was an investigative journalist, working on a story about wind farms......more

Goodreads review by Book Him Danno on June 09, 2017

3 1\2 star out of 5 While I love a good mystery this one was a little to environmental activist\political from time to time. It had the traditional red herrings with some characters that were forgettable. Saving Paradise ending ties everything together in a nice little bow for the readers. It felt lik......more