Larger	Right from the Gecko (Reigning Cats and Dogs, Bk 5) Author: Cynthia Baxter
	Book Information Publisher: Bantam Book Type: Mass Market Paperback Rating: 24 ISBN-13: 9780553588446 - ISBN-10: 0553588443 Publication Date: 3/27/2007 Pages: 319 Book Reviews

Is a vet detective any match for a killer this cold-blooded?

Surf's up...and so are the stakes when veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper escapes to the land of hula, hibiscus, and geckos for a professional conference. The last time she and boyfriend Nick Burby touched down on the island of Hawaii, Nick caused a volcanic eruption when he unexpectedly popped The Question to commitment-phobic Jess. But this trip proves just as dangerous when Jess befriends an ambitious young reporter whose body later washes up on the sand...and someone thinks Jess holds the clue to the killer's motive.

There's no end of suspects among the exotic flora an fauna, from the victim's journalistic rivals and a mystery boyfriend to an eccentric beachcomber and a governor's aid with ties to a controversial biotech firm bringing progress to paradise. One of them is a killer with the chameleon-like ability to stay hidden--and if Jessica doesn't uncover hula-dunnit in time, she'll be saying aloha...permanently.