Power, money, and religion can be a deadly mix as Mark Recusanto quickly discovers. Mark is the conference coordinator for a prominent religious mission society. Next in line to become the director, he is dealt a losing hand by sly and conniving Roger Cromwell, the founder. But at a winter religious retreat on a Caribbean island, Mark uncovers shady deals and abusive acts of power that soon turn to death and treachery. In steps detective Pedro Wong, who discovers the secrets in the shadows.

Shadows at Moonrise Bay is a tale of a man's exploitation of power and his desperate acts to hide the secrets that could destroy him and all he has built. When they come to light, the shadows from which they emerge reveal a widening circle of accomplices. The story uncovers the means a polished religious professional uses to convince his followers he is something he is not and how someone had finally had enough.