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The Salaryman’s Wife (Rei Shimura Mysteries Book 1)
We read The Widows of Malabar Hill together this summer in the Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club and discussed with author Sujata Massey. She talked to us about her first mystery series, set in Japan, that she wrote during her time there.
About the Book
Publisher’s description:
Japanese-American Rei Shimura is a 27-year-old English teacher living in one of Tokyo’s seediest neighborhoods. She doesn’t make much money, but she wouldn’t go back home to California even if she had a free ticket (which, thanks to her parents, she does.) Her independence is threatened however, when a getaway to an ancient castle town is marred by murder.
Rei is the first to find the beautiful wife of a high-powered businessman, dead in the snow. Taking charge, as usual, Rei searches for clues by crashing a funeral, posing as a bar-girl, and somehow ending up pursued by police and paparazzi alike. In the meantime, she manages to piece together a strange, ever-changing puzzle—one that is built on lies and held together by years of sex and deception.
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