When Makalani returns to family’s home on the island of Kaua’i for her grandmother’s birthday, little does she know that she has a mystery to solve: two of her cousins are missing and no one seems concerned except her.

As a national park ranger in Oregon, she’s used to keeping the peace among a lot of factions, but none so fractious as her own large family. Everyone seems to be blaming someone else, while also hiding something they don’t want her or the authorities to know. Before a week is up, she will be dodging bullets by criminals as well as accusations about her own identity as Hawaiian. But she won’t stop until her cousins are safe back home.

Kaua’i Storm by Tori Eldridge, A Ranger Makalani Pahukula Mystery, takes you deep inside island life, the part that’s paradise as well as the part that challenges natives and others who have made it their home for generations to continue living there. Eldridge brings to the forefront issues that drive residents out of the communities of their heritage.

While I would have preferred a little less of the history lesson and a little more of the action, Kaua’i Storm provides both as well as a hint at more adventures to come.

The author provided a copy of this title in exchange for my honest review.