WL Rating
Surfing Detective Kai Cooke is back at it, solving a new mystery in between surf sessions and quickies with hot clients. Similar to the first book in the series, Murder on Moloka’i, author Chip Hughes immerses the reader in both the idyllic and darker parts of modern Hawaii. In Wipeout! Kai Cooke is hired to look into the mysterious death of a young California surfer (named Corky) who went missing after a heavy wipeout at Waimea Bay. What starts off as a fairly routine case quickly turns into something much darker with the usual Hawaiian heavies forcing their way into the narrative. Before he knows it, Cooke has stumbled into something more dangerous than the surf break that swallowed up Corky the haole. Like Hughes’ first book, Wipeout! is a light, easy to read detective book that will keep you smirking while you turn its pages. Another bit of fun fiction for the summer from Chip Hughes. (April 2011)
