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Title details for The Pearl Diver by Sujata Massey - Available

The Pearl Diver

A Novel

#7 in series

by Sujata Massey
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The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award–winning mystery series is a witty, suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into the Washington DC restaurant world.

A dazzling engagement ring and the promise of a fresh start bring antiques dealer and sometime sleuth Rei Shimura to Washington, DC. But just as she's starting to settle down –catching up with a long–lost cousin and undertaking a lucrative commission furnishing a trendy Japanese restaurant nearby – things begin to go haywire. First, her cousin vanishes from the restaurant's opening–night party, and then Rei is drafted to help find a Japanese war bride who disappeared 30 years earlier.

The search for both missing women becomes suspiciously linked, and along the way, Rei faces truths about herself that may change her destiny – if she lives long enough.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Rei Shimura

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 1, 2012

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9780062218919

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      • ISBN: 9780062218919
      • File size: 1261 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 19, 2004
      Kidnapping, death and intrigue are all on the menu for Rei Shimura in Massey's winning seventh mystery (after 2003's The Samurai's Daughter
      ) to feature the half-Japanese, half-American antique dealer and sometime sleuth. After moving in with her fiancé, lawyer Hugh Glendinning, in Washington, D.C., Rei takes on the decoration of a trendy new Asian restaurant, Bento. Barred from reentering Japan, where her business was originally based, she hopes to plan her upcoming wedding and find a market for the art objects she's stored locally. All hell breaks loose when Rei's cousin Kendall Johnson disappears during the opening dinner at Bento, leaving Rei with Kendall's twin toddlers. Then Bento's hostess approaches Rei for help in locating her Japanese-born mother, a war bride who went missing from her Virginia home more than 30 years earlier. Finally, sweet Aunt Norie arrives from Japan to help with the wedding preparations and ever-dependable Hugh makes himself scarce for propriety's sake. Crosscultural misunderstandings and prejudices, plus behind-the-scenes machinations, add spice to an already volatile mix. Adept at crafting dead-on dialogue and juggling serious issues with humor, Massey has produced another triumph. Agent, Kim Witherspoon. (Aug. 1)

      FYI:
      Massey has won Agatha and Macavity awards.

    • Library Journal

      August 1, 2004
      Having returned from Tokyo, Japanese American sleuth Rei Shimura (The Samurai's Daughter) now lives in Washington, DC, where she's opening an antiques business. For her first substantial job, she provides pieces for a new Japanese restaurant. Despite the great d cor, things go wrong at the opening: her cousin is abducted, and adverse news coverage puts a serious crimp in business. Police soon find the cousin, but then the restaurant hostess asks Rei's help in finding her Japanese mother, who disappeared years ago under suspicious circumstances. Not surprisingly, the two "disappearances" eventually connect. Genteel prose, a forthright but tactful protagonist, and a riveting story line commend this to most collections. An Agatha and a Macavity award winner, Massey lives in Baltimore.

      Copyright 2004 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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