Review: Hang Ten (and them some) with the Surfing Detective
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one. - Duke KahanamokuWIPEOUT continues the sleuthing adventures of Kai Cooke, the Surfing Detective.  A very pregnant client visits his office in Chinatown, Oahu, asking for Kai's help to find her missing husband, presumed dead after a a wipeout at Waimea Beach.  The surfer's disappearance doesn't add up ... and neither does the wife's interest in finding him.  Kai's investigation leads him to Oahu's North Shore, Maui's cowboy town, and Lanai's Shipwreck Beach.  Tides come and tides go ... and Kai rides the waves to find the answer.Hughes delivers another cozy mystery set in the Hawaiian Islands.  He captures the exotic landscape that attracts tourists ... and the ugly underbelly of criminal activity that plagues paradise.  This quick read will appeal to fans of Hawaiian life and surfing lingo.I purchased WIPEOUT (with the novella HANGING TEN IN PARIS) for my reading pleasure.