The Killers of Starfish

the long version

Meet Jonas Duncan, retired L.A. cop, raffish at heart and slightly frayed at the edges. Settled in the quiet beauty of Puget Sound, he has left violence and crime for others to confront. But that world will not leave him alone. A small-time petty ex-con dies a horrible death. Jonas Duncan's name and address is found on the body. Why? What dark and dangerous secrets had the man discovered that made him important enough to kill? Jonas leaves the peace of his small island to find the answers. The search takes him into the plush offices of a smooth Seattle real estate promoter...into the dingy alley behind a Skid Row bar where a spaced-out sailor tries to carve him with a switchblade...and into the arms of a green-eyed Ice Queen with a surprising ability to melt. And it takes him a to a wild and beautiful private island owned by a rich alcoholic. Here on Starfish Island--in a place of dreams and death--Jonas Duncan finds his answers, but not before the desperate killer strikes again.