Elysium Tide
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Dr. Peter Chesterfield is one of the Royal London Hospital's top neurosurgeons. He is also a workaholic, ordered by his boss to take a week off to attend a medical symposium at the luxurious Elysium Grand on the island of Maui. While there, Peter pulls a woman with a skull fracture from the water. Though he is able to revive her in the ambulance, she eventually dies in his arms, leaving him with only one clue to what happened to her: the word "honu."
Increasingly obsessed with discovering the cause of his patient's death, Peter becomes entangled in an ongoing investigation of a brazen luxury auto theft. He also becomes a source of deep irritation to detective Lisa Kealoha, who has jurisdiction over the case.
But when the two join forces, they begin to uncover a destructive plot that runs far deeper than either of them could have imagined. And if they're not careful, they're both going to end up dead.
Award-winning author James R. Hannibal whisks you away to the deadly beauty of Hawaii for a story of greed, violence, and justice that will leave you breathless.
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In Hannibal's disappointing latest (after Wolf Soldier), a neurosurgeon and a cop team up to investigate a string of crimes in Hawaii. After British neurosurgeon Peter Chesterfield goes on a tirade during an operation, his boss forces him to take a break and sends him to a conference at a luxury resort in Maui. Meanwhile, police officer Lisa Kealoha follows a hunch that a recent car theft is more than it seems after an autopsy reveals that the suspect, killed in a high-speed pursuit, had sustained heart damage from severe long-term fear. Then, Peter, out for a late-night stroll on the beach, happens upon a local celebrity unconscious in the water, but he is too late to save her. When Lisa responds to the incident, she, impressed by Peter's medical expertise, teams up with him to investigate possible connections between the death and the recent spate of stolen cars. As they unravel an operation much deeper and darker than expected, Peter, a crotchety atheist, develops a begrudging respect for Lisa's Christian faith. Despite the strong, twisty mystery, things take a while to get going, and the leads are so flat as to not reward those who stick it out. There are some genuine surprises, but not everyone will stay long enough to see them.
