This is the second book in the Kohala Coast Thriller series about the Pono family. The Pono family has, for generations, guarded the secret hiding place of the bones of King Kamehameha's favorite wife, Queen Ka'ahumanu. Having just recently endured the loss of three family members, the Pono Family finds even more of a threat when a serial killer arrives in the islands and picks the matriarch of the family as his next victim.