Girl in a Box

Chronically underemployed Japanese-American sleuth Rei Shimura has taken a freelance gig with a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency that just might have ties to the CIA. Her mission, should she choose to accept it, is to go undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store. It''s a risky assignment, but it also gives Rei a store discount that allows her to freely indulge her shopaholic tendencies. Meanwhile, she''s listening in on private conversations, crashing a conference, and fending off the unwanted advances of a couple of the store''s executives who seem fascinated by her navel ring. When her cover is blown, Rei is in big trouble. Suddenly she''s neck-deep in something very nasty, and it will take all her resourcefulness and unorthodox methods to survive a determined killer.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sujata Massey was a reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun and spent several years in Japan teaching English and studying Japanese. She is the author of The Salaryman's Wife, Zen Attitude, The Flower Master, The Floating Girl, The Bride's Kimono, The Samurai's Daughter, The Pearl Diver, and The Typhoon Lover. She lives in Minneapolis.

Bericht

"Markedly different and delightful territory. . . . Great fun." - Baltimore Sun
"Massey deftly weaves Japanese culture, romance, and mystey together in this page-turner." - Metro magazine (Twin Cities)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sujata Massey
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.10.2007
• EAN: 9780060765156
• ISBN: 978-0-06-076515-6
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 132 mm x 202 mm x 17 mm
• Serien: Rei Shimura; Ein Fall für Rei Shimura; Rei Shimura; Severn House Large Print; The Rei Shimura Series
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; Historical fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Asian American, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Culinary, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Asian & Asian American / Asian American Literature