Almost Paradise

When the body of a friend of Detective Alamares washes up on a beach, Alex suspects the international smugglers who just checked in at the resort may be involved; while Ernesto tracks down the murderer, Alex goes under cover with Detective Kai.

When Alex discovers that a group of mobsters are shaking down street-food vendors, he goes undercover and realizes that the implications for the future of Cebu are far worse than he ever imagined.

Alex, feeling competitive, races to solve a murder before a celebrated detective can find the killer; things take a turn when Alex realizes the crime leads back to the murder of Kai's mother 15 years earlier.