Rey provided that title as an FYI. <LMAO>
This is the last synopsis-related post for a while. No more pointers, no more checklists. The world—the Internet—is your oyster. Find your pearl(s) of wisdom.
Recently, I had an overwhelming desire to revisit The Secret. I didn’t really want to re-read it, not at the moment anyway, but I want an overview, a summation—yes, a synopsis. My travels took me to a cool site, Four Minute Books. Here, I found exactly what I wanted and then some.
Niklas Goeke believes “that everyone should be able to learn from the world’s best books for free”. Gotta love that (as Rey would say). Nik condenses books in four minutes or less. Per his site, in 2016 alone, he’d written 365 book summaries. How amazing is that?
His summaries are worth checking out, not just because they encapsulate books so well but, when it comes to nonfiction, they prove informative, too. Key points are at your fingertips. Recommendation: read a few to get a feel for summation (synopsis writing).
Quick comment: Nik also touts Blinkist. It’s a “professional book summary service that allows you to understand the key insights into the world’s best non-fiction books in 15 minutes or less”. Sounds perfect for people struggling to find time to open a book, much less read it (may I see a show of hands, please?). Visit the site to see what’s what.
With that, I leave you with the synopsis for the last Triple Threat Investigation Agency book, Forever Poi. 
Forever Poi, the fourth mystery in the Triple Threat Investigation Agency series, has private eyes JJ, Rey, and Linda out to solve a double-arson and murder. Who torched two Chinatown art galleries and left two charred bodies in the rubble?
Are the arsonist and killer the same individual? The trio believes so. JJ (Jill Jocasta Fonne), her melodramatic cousin Rey (Reynalda Fonne-Werde), and her best friend, Linda Royale, encounter a plethora of possible culprits. The day before the fire, Carlos Kawena, one of the arson victims, had an “ugly break-up” with his partner, James-Henri Ossature. There were financial issues, too. Could James-Henri have done the dastardly deed to collect insurance and be rid of his lover? What about the second victim, Mary-Louise Crabtree, a former queenpin? Given her sketchy past, might a former foe have murdered her? If so, was Carlos merely collateral damage?
When the trio is hired by insurance adjuster Xavier Shillingford to assist in the investigation, it soon becomes evident that professional arsonists did not set the fires. As they immerse themselves in the challenging case, a host of curious characters again materializes.
Mary-Louise had changed her name (again) and become an artist manager. Her new life appeared on the up-and-up, but a promising new client, Bizz Waxx, ends up murdered. Had he discovered something that necessitated his permanent silence? Beautiful and mysterious Cholla Poniard, James-Henri’s half-sister, also has ties to the art world. Two of her celebrity divorces have ended with ugly consequences for the exes—and both will affirm that multi-talented Cholla is a dangerous woman who has her way, at any cost.
Determined detecting reveals that a stumbled-upon key opens the door to an upscale condo shared by Mary-Louise and Bizz Waxx. Following up on found bank cards, they learn the former queenpin had regularly deposited substantial sums of money. Courtesy of blackmail payments? If so, who was she blackmailing and why?
On a planned visit to her mother and nephew in North Carolina, JJ stops off in Chicago to follow up on a lead related to a double agent, Colt Coltrane, who she had inadvertently killed during a previous case. While she is on the Mainland, Rey and Linda continue investigating on Oaha and find themselves in hot water when they are caught doing what Rey does best: B&Eing.
Cliff, a former partner of James-Henri, also died during a gallery fire. His friend and roommate, Randy, tells the threesome that Cliff had wanted to sell his share just prior to the fatal fire. He has a box of Cliff’s documents, which might provide useful if not damaging information. Xavier and the private eyes scour journals and ledgers, and find references to a French art-gallery linked to James-Henri and insurance policies listing Cholla as beneficiary to deceased artists.
Charming Bayat Alexandre is one of Cholla’s beaus. It turns out that he—as well as she—are excellent markspersons. Had one of them shot a man that could have provided vital information to the private eyes? A midnight swim to Bayat’s boat has the trio searching for an AR-15 and locating it . . . just as he locates them. Before he can shoot, however, the gun explodes.
When the P.I.s confront James-Henri, he claims innocence and ignorance, and suggests they visit a cottage on the North Shore where his sister sometimes stays. The trip proves successful . . . and night of harrowing flight and fight ensues.
The following day, a van runs down James-Henri, with fatal consequences. With some ingenuity, the women discover the van belongs to a saimin company and off they go. Franklen Haloa, an executive at the company, is missing. Was he murdered?
Perhaps not. Another one of Cholla’s “useful” beaus, he assists her in JJ’s kidnapping. A skirmish ensues with JJ ending up in the hospital. Cholla, ever relentless, confronts JJ and a fight to the finish transpires.
While Xavier, Rey and Linda visit an associate, Gail takes JJ for a drive around Oahu. After stopping at a food truck for lunch, JJ receives a mysterious text from someone named GrimReaperPeeper. He—or she—is looking forward to getting together in the near future.
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