When newly licensed Honolulu private eye Nate Savidge hits the streets to track down the killer of a local college student, he soon discovers there's a dark side to paradise. With the help of criminal lawyer Jake Harper, Nate takes on a city teeming with violence and corruption to keep an innocent 17-year-old from a life behind bars.

But only once he survives an attempt on his life does Nate fully realize that he has become a target - and that the killer he's been searching for may be much closer than he thinks.