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Atkinson, Deborah Turrell
Debby Atkinson
HI
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Deborah Atkinson’s mysteries do for Hawai‘i what Tony Hillerman’s have done for the Navajo; they portray an insider’s view, a perspective the tour books never show. Featuring protagonist Storm Kayama, the novels expose not only the dark side of human nature, but the legends and folklore of the islands.
Debby lives in Honolulu with her husband and their two sons. A recipient of the University of Hawaii's Meryl Clark Award for Fiction, she is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and the author of Primitive Secrets (2002), The Green Room (2005), and Fire Prayer, (2007). She’s working on a fourth mystery in the series.
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Fire Prayer Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson Published: August 19, 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press Series Name: Hawaii Mystery Category: mystery/suspense Main Character: Storm Kayama Fire Prayer explores the long shadow cast by violence and prejudice. When Storm Kayama goes to Moloka‘i to help an old friend, she finds that Tanner Williams has bigger problems than he let on. Ten years ago, he participated in a Hawaiian protest that killed a man. Upon Storm’s arrival, Tanner’s ex-wife is murdered and his young, diabetic son disappears. One of the protesters is a killer, desperate to prevent Strom from learning too much. Click for more info. |
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The Green Room Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson Published: October 17, 2005 by Poisoned Pen Press Series Name: Hawaii Mystery Category: mystery/suspense Main Character: Storm Kayama, Ian Hamlin, Oahu's North Shore surf scene Storm Kayama needs to build her clientele, so when surf promoter Marty Barstow's wife walks into her new law office, Storm agrees to represent her, although it looks like a bitter divorce situation. Storm feels for Stephanie, who seems lonely and frightened. Stephanie's son Ben, a promising surfer, invites Storm to O'ahu's North Shore for a contest, and she jumps at the chance. Never would she have anticipated the events that suck her into escalating peril—and the place called the green room, where tons of churning water imprison a fallen surfer. Click for more info. |
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Primitive Secrets Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson Published: October 17, 2002 by Poisoned Pen Press Series Name: Hawaii Mystery Category: mystery/suspense Main Character: Storm Kayama, Ian Hamlin, the Big Island and Oahu's Chinatown Deborah Turrell Atkinson smoothly blends contemporary crime and native Hawaiian legend in her novel, Primitive Secrets. When Storm Kayama discovers her beloved adoptive attorney uncle, Miles Hamasaki, dead at his desk, her search for his killer takes her on a journey into her own painful past that illuminates the larger conflicts in the 50th state's diverse culture. —Publishers Weekly Click for more info. |
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