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