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Book SynopsisWinner 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 bui
