Paul H Mansfield

A good police procedural novel set on a tropical island named San Rafael. Who committed murder at the New Year's Eve party? George and Vanessa own and run a coconut plantation. The island has its share of a snobby social set. The head of that group is Mrs. Lipton-Crumley. Her son Peter is universally despised by everyone. Like his mother he's an arrogant bigot. He's also a temperamental ne'er do well who thinks he's God's gift to women. None of them...