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The Salaryman's Wife

by Sujata Massey

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A Tokyo-set mystery introduces independent sleuth Rei Shimura

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A Tokyo-set mystery introduces independent sleuth Rei Shimura

The first Rei Shimura mystery centers on a Japanese-American English teacher determined to build a life in Tokyo despite her parents’ pull toward California. During a visit to an old castle town, Rei discovers the body of a businessman’s wife and begins pursuing a case shaped by conflicting stories, deception, and the pressures surrounding wealth and status. Her investigation takes her into settings ranging from a funeral to nightlife, while police and paparazzi close in. The novel frames its murder puzzle through Rei’s cross-cultural position and her insistence on acting for herself.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of women-sleuth mysteries
  • Readers interested in Tokyo-set crime fiction
  • Readers drawn to cross-cultural stories involving independence and family expectations

Themes

Murder investigationCross-cultural identityIndependenceWealth and statusDeception

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Book overview

Winner of the Agatha Award.

"Sujata Massey blasts her way into fiction with The Salaryman's Wife, a cross-cultural mystery of manners with a decidedly sexy edge."-- Janet Evanonich

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.) She's determined to make it on her own. 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 attempts to piece together a strange, ever-changing puzzle--one that is built on lies and held together by years of sex and deception.

The first installment in the Rei Shimura series, The Salaryman's Wife is a riveting tale of death, love, and sex, told in a unique cross-cultural voice.

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