South Pacific Cut

By Joshua McKenzie-Brown

Beyond the reef, they crossed the line.

Foreign longliners working in Samoan waters are licensed to catch tuna.

But at night, they target sharks instead. Baiting endless hooks with bleeding fish heads. Then waiting.

After reports emerge of carcasses washing ashore without their fins, marine biologist and enforcement agent Leilani is sent to investigate. What she uncovers is a criminal network stretching far beyond the reef: illegal shark finning, offshore transshipments, corruption, and conflicted local fishermen, trapped between poverty and fear.

The longer she embeds into the community, working undercover, the more dangerous the investigation becomes.

With cyclone season approaching, can Leilani expose the operation before she becomes the
next victim of the longliners?

South Pacific Cut is an international crime thriller set in remote Polynesia, inspired by the real illegal shark fin trade.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0473757435
• ISBN13: 9780473757434
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Solwara Publishing Ltd
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"