An Ice Cold Paradise

When Valerie Sabatino arrives at his home on Oahu, the last thing Harry Pines wants is missing-persons action. But when he learns the missing person is the son of his long-ago cellmate, he has no choice but to strap it on. And it doesn't hurt that Valerie is the kind of woman who could bring drool to a statue's chin. In AN ICE COLD PARADISE Harry and his handy band of friends in Chicago and Hawaii peel back the curtain on world of runaway girls turned hookers and soldiers paying of gambling debts by stealing weapons. Before it ends Harry has fallen hard for Valerie and doesn't take it kindly when a half-crazed Mormon Fundamentalist with a mean little army wants to snatch her as a wife. Harry can bring a lot of pain when he's in a bad mood. Harry Pines is the enormously entertaining creation of Terry Holland, who arrives here walking in the footsteps of Hammett, Chandler, MacDonald, and Parker.