When her father is critically injured in a car accident, Tj Jensen rushes back home from her vacation in South Carolina. She’s not home long before she discovers the accident that left her father in a coma and killed his friend Judge Harper wasn’t an accident at all…but who was the target and why? She’s determined to find out and bring the killer to justice.

Tj’s friend Deputy Roy Fisher has a new partner and she opposes letting a civilian be any part of their police investigation, but Tj and friends team up to figure out what is going on and track down the killer.

There are a lot of characters to get to know in this big, busy family and their community. And, with plenty of suspects to go around, Tj must figure out who killed the judge and why. If you enjoy a whodunit that takes teamwork to figure out, you may enjoy Fireworks in Paradise!

3 stars