Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: The Salaryman's Wife
Author(s): Massey Sujata
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780061044434
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 4/5/2000
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction