Almost Paradise

When an ex-DEA agent retires to a tranquil, out-of-the-way resort in the Philippines, he finds himself falling back into his undercover operative ways when he's pulled into a drug sting run by the local police department.

When the body of a friend of Detective Ernesto Alamares washes up on a beach, it’s Alex who realizes the international smugglers who just checked in at the resort may be involved. While Ernestotracks down the murderer, Alex goes undercover with Detective Kai Mendoza to catch the smugglers, but Alex’s hypertension flares when he realizes what kind of contraband is being trafficked.

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.

When a crew for a reality TV show exploring sunken WWII battlegrounds arrives at the resort, Alex's need for rent money ensnares him in an illicit dive operation with potentially catastrophic consequences.

When a typhoon hits the island, criminals and their hostages become trapped inside the police station; Alex must find a way to save his friends as well as a sworn enemy.

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.