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2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, WINNER, Fiction-Adventure-Other
As the First Annual Aloha Scavenger Hunt begins, journalist Natalie Seachrist, her life partner private investigator Keʻoni Hewitt, and mainland friends Margie and Dan O`Hara are delighted to join in the fun! Before departing for their Honolulu hotel, Natalie dreams of a classic film noire whodunit. Immersed in the action, she sees a man's body lying in the narrow hallway of a mid-1950s hotel, and watches as an elegant woman dressed in red searches an adjacent room. After the murder of a professor occurs outside of their hotel suite, she advises HPD Detective Lieutenant John Dias that the details eerily parallel her recent "dream." Knowing the reliability of her unusual gift, the Lieutenant asks Natalie and Keʻoni to watch for clues to either death while they delve into the scavenger hunt. With escalating visions of the woman in red and clues to a priceless hidden jade Kuan Yin figurine, Natalie begins to think the death she envisioned took place in Chinatown, and that the victim was a man believed to have disappeared long ago. Are these deaths mere coincidences, or connected to one another as well as the Kuan Yin statuette? And the woman in red? Has Natalie's visioning revealed a murderer with long hidden secrets?
About the author
Jeanne Burrows-Johnson embraces experience in the performing arts, education, and marketing. Academically, she became a member of Phi Beta Kappa while completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in history at the University of Hawai'i. During graduate studies and a teaching assistantship, she joined Phi Alpha Theta. She's also a member of Sisters in Crime, Arizona Mystery Writers, the National Writers Union, and is a Lifetime Member of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Highland Division. Jeanne's love of storytelling lies in her theatrical training and the colorful tales of the myriad characters in her life. Having been a resident of Hawai'i for 20 years, it's no surprise that her mysteries are set in its lush environs. While sampling Island life and pan-Pacific history, her readers examine puzzling deaths and the haunting visions of her heroine. Organizations seeking a public speaker can hear snippets of both Prospect for Murder and Under Sonoran Skies: Prose and Poetry from the High Desert at JeanneBurrows-Johnson.com. The site also offers Island recipes and a comprehensive glossary from the mysteries.
