Primitive Secrets

Atkinson, Deborah Turrell

ISBN 10: 159058046X / ISBN 13: 9781590580462

Published by Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, AZ, 2005

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SIGNED BY DEBBY ATKINSON on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to upper back inside corner; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Primitive Secrets
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, AZ
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159058046X
• ISBN 13: 9781590580462
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

When her adopted uncle is found dead at his desk in their lucrative Honolulu law firm, Storm Kayama begins to suspect that he was murdered, and, after narrowly escaping a terrible accident, she seeks refuge at the home of her Aunt Maile, a traditional Hawaiian healer, as she confronts the pain of her own childhood and tries to bring her uncle's killer to justice. Reprint.

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.

www.deborahatkinson.com