Tropical Lies (Pancho McMartin Legal Thrillers Book 1)

5 Star Review

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Editorial Book Review:

By William Reimers

Some thrillers are fun to watch. Some make you lean forward and wonder how truth can stay alive when power wants it to stay quiet. Tropical Lies is definitely in the second camp. It's a fast-paced legal thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the first chapter to the last.

Reading this book feels like stepping into heat soaked tension where every conversation carries weight and every decision has consequences. There is a steady pulse of unease that builds instead of exploding, pulling you deeper as the stakes get higher. The story keeps your mind busy by making you think about what drives people, how corrupt they are, and how much it costs to stand up for what you believe in. You have to stop after each chapter of this book, not because it slows down, but because it makes you think.

At its core, Tropical Lies explores justice under pressure, moral compromise, and how truth bends in places where influence runs deep. The setting gives a strong sense of place, but the themes are universal. People who have questioned authority, dealt with an unfair system, or thought about how far they would go to do the right thing will find something they can relate to here. The legal parts are never boring. They help tell the story of people instead of taking away from it.

David Myles Robinson writes clearly and with confidence. He mixes courtroom strategy with personal risk in a way that feels real and grounded. He controls the pace, which lets the tension build naturally. The dialogue is sharp and on point, and the legal maneuvering is explained without slowing down the story. The setting is one of quiet danger, with palm trees and sunlight contrasting with lies and threats. This makes the suspense even stronger.

Tropical Lies leaves a lasting impression because it respects the reader. It doesn't depend on cheap tricks or flashy moves. Instead, it tells a smart, interesting story that relies on tension, character, and consequence. This is a strong and memorable start to a series that legal thriller fans will want to follow. It has depth, mood, and bite.

About the Author 

David Myles Robinson

David Myles Robinson has always had a passion for writing. During the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, while in college, Robinson worked as a free-lance writer for several magazines and was a staff writer for a weekly minority newspaper in Pasadena, California, called The Pasadena Eagle. However, as he himself admits, upon graduating from San Francisco State University, he decided against the ‘starving writer’ route and went to law school, at the University of San Francisco School of Law. It was there that he met his wife, Marcia Waldorf. After graduating from law school in 1975, the two moved to Honolulu, Hawaii and began practicing law. Robinson became a trial lawyer, specializing in personal injury and workers’ compensation law. Waldorf eventually became a District Court and ultimately a Circuit Court judge.

Upon retiring in 2010, Robinson completed his first novel, Unplayable Lie. He has since published six more novels, four of which are legal thrillers set in Honolulu: Tropical Lies, Tropical Judgments, Tropical Doubts, and Tropical Deception. His other two novels are The Pinochet Plot and Son of Saigon. Robinson has also published a book of short travel stories, Conga Line on the Amazon.

Robinson and Waldorf divided their time between Honolulu and their second home in Taos, NM for seven years before finally deciding to see what it’s like to be full-time mainlanders again. They now live in Taos, where Robinson can pursue his non-writing passions of golf, ski, and travel.