- Mass Market Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; Reissue edition (Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 006104444X
- ISBN-13: 978-0061044441
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,776,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Rei Shimura, a Japanese American woman living with her Scottish boyfriend, acquires a beautiful chest of drawers that turns out to be a Pandora's box of mystery, theft, and murder.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Rei Shimura's life is moving toward her own Zen Attitude -- calm, composed, happy in life and love - the perfect balance. But nothing can be simple for Rei - yet. This second novel from Sujata Massey follows her highly successful "The Salaryman's Wife," which introduced readers to this young woman trying to make her own way in a culture that sees her almost as a failure - she's still single at age 27, and she's only half Japanese. That's why the success of her antiques business is so important, and why anything that threatens the success of this venture threatens her own stability - and as readers of the first book know, Rei tends to be rather volatile. So when that threat includes murder, well, Rei does whatever it takes to center her life again.
Once again Ms. Massey's characterization is superb - we're treated to a female judo champion, the hierarchy of a Buddhist temple priesthood, other antique dealers, even Rei's boyfriend's wild Scottish brother. ! ! The subplots are intriguing, seamlessly tied together to create a denouement that is hinted at, yet should remain a surprise for most readers.
The little touches are what make Ms. Massey's work so delightful. Scenes describing caged canaries in the police station, services at an ancient temple and a festival celebrating folk tales are interspersed with murder, high stakes antiques for sale and Rei's doubts about the future of her life in Japan. Indeed, Rei Shimura can be extremely exasperating - you may either love her or hate her. To Sujata Massey's credit, you will want to read more about her.
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Rei Shimura has moved up in the world, now she lives in luxury with her lover, Scottish Lawyer Hugh Glendenning, and she's selling antiques, her lifelong dream. This is a big change for the Rei we met in "The Salaryman's Wife." She has been hired by a major player in the antiques world, the formidable Nana Mihori. The right deal with Mihori can set Rei up for life, so when she finds a ceremonial chest of drawers worth millions of yen, she is overjoyed. She spends way too much on behalf of Mihori, has the priceless piece delivered to her apartment, then finds to her horror that it's a fake.
Once again Sujata Massey takes us on a wild Japanese ride and along the way we meet a female judo champion, Hugh's spoiled brother Angus who will smoke anything in sight, a hip young car salesman who may or may not be a serial killer, a buddhist temple run by the Mihoris, and the very scary daughter of the Mihori clan and of course there's Rei Shimura herself, who seems so exasperating as she gets involved in murder.
Rei Shimura is a character that you'll either love or hate as you flip though the pages as fast as you can read, because love her or hate her, you won't be able to put the book down.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
Once again Sujata Massey takes us on a wild Japanese ride and along the way we meet a female judo champion, Hugh's spoiled brother Angus who will smoke anything in sight, a hip young car salesman who may or may not be a serial killer, a buddhist temple run by the Mihoris, and the very scary daughter of the Mihori clan and of course there's Rei Shimura herself, who seems so exasperating as she gets involved in murder.
Rei Shimura is a character that you'll either love or hate as you flip though the pages as fast as you can read, because love her or hate her, you won't be able to put the book down.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was the first Mystery/Who-did-it story I have ever read. So I don't have any other books of this kind to base this review on. But that didn't stop me from liking this story. It's plot was compelling, and showed some views of Japanese life that I've never known about. The one down side to the story is that this is, once again, another book that stuck sex into it. I thought it would have been better if that was left out of the story. Yet, the plot reddemed it's self and turned out to be a good story.
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Horrible
I found this book very shallow and boring. I have nothing more to say, as this book made absolutely no impression at all.
Published on 8 Aug 2006 by Yvonne A
An Outstanding View of the Japanese
I am eagerly awaiting the return of Rei Shimura. Again I've enjoyed reading about this incredible woman torn between two cultures. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 1999
fascinating picture of the Japan I knew as a gaijin.
The mystery reminded me of so much of Japan I had forgotten: the Kamiso, itinerant Buddhist monks; itadakimasu, the Japanese Grace before meals. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 1998
A marvelous sequel to a compelling series
A very nice sequel, and to me somewhat different, even more complex than her her first book, The Salaryman's Wife. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 1998
A new star shines with this delightful mystery
Japanese-American Rei Shimura is extremely pleased with her current lifestyle. She has opened up a Tokyo-based antique business and lives with her Scottish boyfriend Hugh... Read more
Published on 3 May 1998
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