Salaryman's Wife

Name: Salaryman's Wife
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ISBN: 9780061044434

ISBN-10: 0061044431

ISBN-13: 9780061044434

Edition: 1997

Authors: Sujata Massey

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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…

Book details

List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/5/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.80" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Sujata Massey was born in Sussex, England in 1964 and graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1986. She moved to Japan after marrying a Naval officer stationed there, taking a job as an English teacher. Massey is the author of "The Salaryman's Wife," winner of the 1998 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, and "Zen Attitude," mysteries set in contemporary Japan.