The Island, McKinty - B+

                     This a fabulous page turning thriller involving a family of four from Seattle off to Melbourne for the dad to speak at a medical conference. They take a day trip to an offshore island, inadvertently run over a local, and all of a sudden are captured by the lawless occupants of Dutch Island, the O'Neill family. There's no cell service, and it appears as if there are no civil or police authorities either. It's the American family versus the feral locals. Fortunately, Heather was trained by her dad, a US Army sniper, and she gives the O'Neills a run for their money. There's absolutely no redeeming intellectual material here - just a blast.