Death in Paraiso springs from a true event in my life. I'm a real estate agent and a few years ago, I sold a home to a clent who is a scofflaw and who shall remaing nameless (but you know who I'm talking about, Charlie!). During the sale he crossed the line and when I called him on it he said, “What’s the worst that can happen?” 72,000 words later, the first book in my "sunshine noir" series happened. My goal was to show that in this uber rich southern California beach town there's a rip tide of greed and corruption and murder that's more dangerous than anything out in the ocean.