"Arriving at Lahaina's harbor, Kelonikoa stared horrified at crowds of sailors fighting, knifing, dragging laughing women into the bush." from Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport.
"Had she thought of it as an answer to a prayer?" from The Third Revelation by Ralph McInerny. I'm only on page 25 of this book. Not sure about it yet. It's one of those Vatican murder/thriller mysteries.