Motive, Dustin Stevens
Motive, Dustin Stevens
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Motive

Author: Dustin Stevens

Narrator: Steve Marvel

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/27/2019


Synopsis

Just months before Hawaii's gubernatorial primary election, a body is found on the floor of the open air capitol, a macabre scene specifically manipulated to draw attention to a sitting governor with waning political support. Frantic, he calls on the Honolulu Chief of Police Walter Tseng, demanding that the perpetrator be brought to justice as swiftly and silently as possible, fearful a scandal might destroy whatever chance he still has at gaining re-election.

Blackmailed into complicity and unable to draw from his active force, Tseng calls in Kalani Lewis, a young detective three months off the job. Still battling her own demons from an investigation that resulted in the death of her partner, Kalani is forced back into action, pulled into a life she isn't certain she still wants to be a part of, a family friend that was once a military policeman and now a full-time surfer as her only support.

Inch by inch they work their way through the investigation, navigating mounting crime scenes and intense bureaucratic pressures as the election looms ever closer, the killer growing more emboldened by the day . . .

About Dustin Stevens

Dustin Stevens is the author of over twenty novels, including the Zoo Crew series, Krokodil, Quarterback, Be My Eyes, Scars and Stars, and Catastrophic. He is also the author of several short stories that have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, as well as an award-winning screenwriter. He currently resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hock on December 19, 2014

This is very clearly a thriller, written by a hard-working author. A series of brutal murders set the stage. The requirement that investigations must be conducted in secret, outside of police procedures, heightens the tension. That this requirement is imposed by an unpopular governor seeking reelect......more

Goodreads review by Beth on January 12, 2024

Exciting and tense…great one sitting read! I have read several books by this author and enjoyed them so was intrigued when I saw this one as it seemed a bit different. I couldn’t put it down. It was exciting, and tense and full of moments that sent my emotions flying…humor, disgust, tensions, impatie......more

Goodreads review by Julia Ebarb on December 26, 2023

A beautiful setting, but it's the story that you keep seeing Who is murdering young women? Why are they laid out in special places? And why does this investigation have to be so secret? What could possibly be the motive? Join Kalina, Rip, and the Honolulu Chief of Police to investigate and solve the......more

Goodreads review by Karen Beavin on April 07, 2019

Motive Another excellent book by my favorite author Dustin Stevens! His writing style makes the words flow and the pages turn until I sadly reach the end. I experience the emotions of the characters, especially Kalani, feeling like I’m there. Emphatically recommend this book. I’m going to search my K......more

Goodreads review by Elisa on February 18, 2020

Yes another awesome, gripping thriller, I love Dustin Stevens books so much and Motive was just awesome. Intrigue, Politics, Police and Scientist add to that children going missing then being found but with differences... Pregnant women being killed in a gruesome way is it a serial killer or somethin......more