About the Book: Exiled from the mainland homicide desk due to department politics, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell is posted to a quiet beat on Catalina Island. His low-key existence ends abruptly when a body, wrapped in plastic and weighted down, is discovered at the bottom of the harbor. Ignoring protocol, Stilwell doggedly investigates the murder, which uncovers closely guarded secrets and reveals a dark side to the island meant to be his peaceful retreat