KILLING MAINE

KILLING MAINE

KIRKUS - Another stellar ride from Bond; checking out Ponoâ€™s first adventure [SAVING PARADISE]isnâ€™t a prerequisite, but this will make readers want to.

Book Description:
Surfer and Special Forces vet Pono Hawkins quits sunny Hawaii for Maineâ€™s brutal winter to help former SF buddy Bucky Franklin beat a murder rap. The same Bucky who once sent Pono to military prison then married his girlfriend Lexie. But in Special Forces you never leave a buddy behind no matter what theyâ€™ve done. Especially if they once saved your life.

An unknown sniper has shot environmental exec Ronnie Dalt, and the police say it was Bucky. So Pono finds himself hooked up with Buckyâ€™s wife Lexie trying to find Bucky an alibi. And meets an old flame, the fierce and beautiful attorney Erica, and then the dead manâ€™s wife Abigail, who has never met a man she couldnâ€™t devour alive.

Unknown killers stalk Pono as he tries to unravel Ronnieâ€™s death. Nothing is certain, no one can be trusted, no place is safe. Thereâ€™s a million square miles of wildlands out there to hide a manâ€™s body. And with a rap sheet that includes two jail sentences, Pono is the number one target of every cop in the state.
Sadly Maine turns out to be as politically corrupt as Hawaii, with huge energy corporations gobbling up the stateâ€™s beautiful mountains and purchasing its politicians at bargain prices. Once again Pono finds himself hunted, shot at, betrayed, stalked by knife-wielding assassins, and in love with three women.
Second in the Pono Hawkins series after the critically-acclaimed, best-seller SAVING PARADISE, KILLING MAINE is an insiderâ€™s view of crooked Maine politics, the stateâ€™s magical and fast-disappearing natural beauty, and how a lone commando hunts down those who hunt him, and is based on the authorâ€™s own experiences in Maine, the Middle East and elsewhere.

KIRKUS REVIEW

In Bondâ€™s (Tibetan Cross, 2014, etc.) thriller, Hawaiian surfer Pono Hawkins books a flight to Maine to help a fellow Special Forces vet duck a murder conviction.

Pono doesnâ€™t consider Bucky Franklin a friend. Years ago, Bucky left with Ponoâ€™s love, Lexie, and provided testimony in one of two cases that sent Pono to jail (although both convictions were overturned). But Bucky saved Ponoâ€™s life when they were in Special Forces, and heâ€™s determined to help when Lexie tells him heâ€™s been arrested for killing environmentalist Ronnie Dalt. It doesnâ€™t look good for Bucky. The murder weapon was his, and his alibi is shaky. But Pono knows heâ€™s on the right track when someone tries to shoot him. He starts a dangerous relationship with Daltâ€™s widow, Abigail, and gradually exposes a string of political unscrupulousness. Bondâ€™s novel, the second to feature Pono, makes its protagonist credible as an amateur sleuth; Ponoâ€™s smart enough to enlist hacker pal Mitchell, whose skills draw more viable suspects than Pono can find on his own. And his beloved home is always on his mind as he suffers the Maine winter hoping to wrap everything up before an upcoming surfing festival, the Tahiti Tsunami. The story has an unusual villain, WindPower LLC, whose deafening, monstrous turbines are an incessant presence throughout the story. The political and financial muscle behind WindPower is abundantly clear from the beginning, immediately demonizing the company. The book, however, isnâ€™t short on mysteries. Abigail, for one, inexplicably vanishes, a disappearance that the cops blame on Pono, as well as a couple of murders. Like in Ponoâ€™s previous story, the surferâ€™s fondness for women creates a triad of drama: Abigail; lawyer Erica, a lover from back when Pono was a mere 14; and Lexie (Pono wonâ€™t sleep with her while Buckyâ€™s in jail, but itâ€™s obvious that heâ€™s trying his hardest not to). Ponoâ€™s relationship with his Pa is the strongest; the most heartfelt moments are Pono rushing back to Hawaii, regardless of cops wanting him to stay in Maine, when Paâ€™s diagnosed with cancer.

Country	USA
Author	Mike Bond
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781627040303
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Mandevilla Press
Manufacturer	Mandevilla Press
NumberOfPages	388
PublicationDate	2015-08-01
Publisher	Mandevilla Press
ReleaseDate	2015-08-01
Studio	Mandevilla Press

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