The Green Room
$35.51
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2012
Summary
Storm Kayama needs to build her clientele, so when surf promoter Marty Barstow’s wife Stephanie walks into her new law office, Storm agrees to represent her, despite her distaste for a bitter divorce situation.When Stephanie’s son Ben, a promising surfer, invites her to O’ahu’s North Shore for a contest, Storm jumps at the chance. Not only will it be a thrill to observe the meet, but Storm will also have the opportunity to watch a distant cousin compete. Nahoa Pi’ilani has grown from a mischievous kid to a surfer of international renown, and he seems to have put the trouble that once brewed between their families behind him.Then a child delivers a package to Nahoa containing an ancient Hawaiian weapona wooden club encircled with shark’s teeth. Storm recognizes the lei o mano. It’s a threat, a call to battle.Events soon suck her into a vortex of escalating peril. As if she were in the green roomthe underwater space where tons of churning water can imprison a surferStorm is buffeted and disoriented by local legend, greed, and cutthroat competition and must confront not only a vicious killer but a haunting incident from her past.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590584040 |
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| ISBN-10: | 159058404X |
| Author: | Deborah Atkinson |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Series: | Storm Kayama Mysteries (Paperback) |
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Critics Review
The title of Atkinson’s second book to feature Hawaiian attorney Storm Kayama (after 2002’s Primitive Secrets) refers to the tumultuous place
beneath the waves where a surfer either gets thrown or dives to escape a potentially dangerous swell. Kayama has spent time in the green room; her
nightmarish past keeps her shy of the bigger waves these days, and she’s instead focused on building her new law firm with her partner and boyfriend,
Ian Hamlin. When a client’s son extends an enticing invitation to attend a surf contest in Oahu, Kayama reunites with her too-long-estranged cousin,
Nahoa Pi’ilani, now a celebrated surfer top-seeded in the contest. After his highest ranked opponent dies under suspicious circumstances, Pi’ilani receives a mysterious and threatening gift, a Hawaiian war totem known as a lei o man. When her cousin subsequently disappears, Kayama finds herself pulled deeper into a risky search for answers. Peppered throughout with
surfing terms, Hawaiian dialect and gorgeous descriptions of Oahu’s North Shore, this exotic beach read is a quick, fun read. Agent, Jane Chelius.
– Publishers Weekly 8/15/2005
Deborah Atkinson
Deborah Turrell Atkinson lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with her husband and two children. A zest for traveling off the beaten path, friends, and her deep interest in the native myths and lore that abound among Hawaiis rich and varied cultures contribute to her books. Fire Prayer is the third book in this Hawaiian Mystery series.
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