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Rei Shimura is a Japanese-American living in Japan. She shifts careers from teaching English to finding (and selling) antiques, and ends up solving mysteries along the way. A popular series, she changes lovers, works on both sides of the Pacific, and tackles incidents as diverse as WWII slave labor and museum exhibits. An easy series to get addicted to ...
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THE SALARYMANS WIFE by Sujata Massey: Rei Shimura is a 27-year-old Japanese American English teacher. Her tiny paycheck barely allows her to exist in Tokyo, the worlds most expensive city, but she is determined to not use the plane ticket home to California that her parents have offered. She discovers the body of the wife of a wealthy businessman when she visits the ancient castle town of Shiroyama. Her subsequent involvement (crashing a funeral, posing as a bargirl among other things) angers the conservative police and the local citizenry but she presses on. Interesting character in a very different environment. Although the plot sounds like an Evanovich caper, this is totally different.
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This story has murder,ancient history in the Japanese Alps. Nice reading
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I read this because of the reviews it sounded like something that I would enjoy reading. Something interesting about something I didn't know anything about. This was IT, held me spellbound with good descriptions and interesting characters. Throughly enjoyed learning more about Japan while delving into my favorite genre ... the good mystery story.
Looking forward to reading her next book ;o)
Looking forward to reading her next book ;o)
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This book is a mess. I was interested in reading a mystery set in Japan as I am currently living in Japan. I would be surprise to learn that Sujita Massey had been to Japan in the last 20 years. This is a very basic murder-mystery book that leans heavily on a setting made of cliche's about Japan, most of which were really outdated when this book was written. On top of that the heroin, Rei, is flat. She just doesn't have any personality. So just skip this waste of time book.