Mingo McCloud, Honolulu’s only criminal forensic accountant has settled into professional and personal bliss on Oahu’s North Shore. His life with his lover, Francois, a security expert with mysterious ties to military and DEA authorities is on course until Francois accepts an apparently routine case of outfitting a Caribbean billionaire’s luxury holiday home with state of the art security. When Mingo receives a call from a woman claiming to be Francois’s sister, he doesn’t suspect anything until a tropical storm heads right toward St. Martin, where Francois was last seen. Mingo becomes frantic when his lover vanishes. He heads to the islands even though travelers are being turned away. Nothing will stop him from finding his missing man. Mingo thought he needed Francois but realizes as deadly forces try to stop him that he, himself, is needed.