Thunder in the Tropics

Ashley Morgan and Candace Maguire, two nurses from Chicago in dire need of a well-deserved vacation, arrived in Maui, Hawaii with no idea of the chaos that awaited them. A young Hawaiian woman mysteriously goes missing. It was the same woman they had seen at the Whalebone Inn in Lahaina just three days before her body was discovered, washed up on the shore of Ma'alaea Bay. Who was the man Ashley saw coming up from the beach the night of the thunderstorm; the same night the girl went missing? The long awaited vacation began to take an ominous twist when they realized the significance of what they saw and heard and found out the girl had been murdered. From that point on, their world turned upside down when their curiosity propelled them into a web of suspense and the secret world of the drug cartel, lies and deceit. Who could they trust? Nothing was as it seemed and they became the hunted. Author Bio: Bio Judith Norling Carlson is a registered nurse who has worked in a variety of nursing positions. Her last twenty years was in drug research. She has visited Maui, Hawaii, several times and is well acquainted with the island, especially the towns of Kihei and Lahaina. She exchanged her technical writing skills for creative writing in a variety of genres. She divides her residency between Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and Spring Hill, Florida, where she lives with her husband Keith, and their dog Kasey. She has three grown sons. She has belonged to a writing group for eight years and puts writing at the top of her fun and creative list of things to do. keywords: Maui, Hawaii, Nurses, Chance Encounter, Mystery, Murder, Deception, Amateur Sleuths, Vacation, Drug Cartel