Honolulu private eye has two things men want, a big gun and a sweet jump shot. Now somebody wants her dead. Ex-cop, ex-con, ex-pro basketball player turned private investigator, Val Lyon walks the mean streets of honolulu. Hired by a local attorney to find a missing boy who is the centerpiece of a bitter custody battle, Val's task pits her against a prominent feminist activist, some politically-connected clergy and members of a powerful family. Soon bodies begin to drop and Val finds herself not only searching for the boy, but trying to protect her client's life. The assignment takes Val from the modern canyons of downtown Honolulu to the historic leper colony of Molokai and back again. All the way. a killer is dogging her footsteps.