A jigger of tranquility is all Em Johnson wants, but now
that her beloved Tiki Goddess Bar has been chosen as the
location for Trouble in Paradise, TV's hot new reality show,
life is anything but tranquil. When a member of the camera
crew is found dead in her kitchen—stabbed to death
with Chef Kimo's sashimi knife—the scene on the sleepy
North Shore of Kauai goes from eccentrically crazy to
downright dangerous. Suspects lurk behind every paper drink
umbrella.
It's not enough that Chef Kimo is the number one suspect or
that the life's–a–party Hula Maidens nearly burn
down the place while dancing the hula with flaming coconuts.
Em still has to deal with her Uncle Louie's wedding to The
Black Widow—until his fianceé's Mercedes plunges into
the Pacific. Roland Sharpe, a handsome, Hawaiian,
fire–dancing detective, warns the locals not to
interfere, but Em and the madcap Maidens can't help
themselves and soon wind up knee deep in danger again. Can
the irrepressible troupe solve three murders before the
champagne goes flat?