Primitive Secrets (Storm Kayama Series) - Softcover

Atkinson, Deborah

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9781590580462: Primitive Secrets (Storm Kayama Series)

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ISBN 10: 159058046X ISBN 13: 9781590580462

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2005

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One beautiful Hawaiian morning Storm Kayama walks into her lucrative Honolulu law office to find her adopted uncle, Miles Hamasaki, at his desk, stiff and cold. Years before, Miles had fulfilled a promise to Storm’s father to raise Storm with his own family. But now questions emerge about Hamasaki’s death and her adopted family, and Storm’s suspicions rise.

Heading to the Big Island for a weekend away from escalating pressures, Storm narrowly escapes a terrible accident. Later, with her “aunt” Maile, a traditional Hawaiian healer, and Keone, a paniolo on the huge Parker Ranch, Storm encounters a legend from her youth and a family totem, or ‘aumakua, which they say will protect her. Or will it? As Storm struggles to heal wounds from her childhood and bring justice to Hamasaki’s killer, she also must come to grips with rifts in her life and culture.

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About the Author:

Deborah Atkinson's novels weave the legends and folklore of the Hawaiian Islands into suspenseful mysteries, a perspective of Hawaii the tour books never show. The series consists of four novels,Primitive Secrets (2002), The Green Room (2005), Fire Prayer, (2007), and Pleasing the Dead, (2009). Atkinson lives in Honolulu, Hawaii and is active in Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Iowa Writers' Summer Workshop, and a recipient of the University of Hawaii's Meryl Clark Award for Fiction.

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From Booklist:

Storm Kayama is shocked when she finds her adopted uncle, Miles Hamasaki, dead at his desk one morning at his Honolulu law firm. After she is mugged in the parking garage and then almost killed en route to her aunt's house on the Big Island, Storm begins to wonder if her uncle was murdered. It appears that someone--a client, a family member, or a friend--believes that Storm, a close confidante of her uncle, knows something that they've already killed once to protect. She begins to investigate in order to defend herself and to avenge her beloved uncle's death. Storm is a strong and appealing character who still struggles with the aftermath of her mother's suicide when she was 12 and her feelings of isolation as it becomes apparent that her adoptive family has kept secrets from her. Vividly described settings--from Honolulu's Chinatown to the spectacular scenery of the Big Island--will entrance readers of this fast-paced debut, which effectively contrasts modern Hawaii with the lore of its past. Sue O'Brien
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