The Typhoon Lover

Zusatztext "Tidy! swift entertainment....[Rei] stands out as one of the most appealing characters in an ongoing series." Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A young woman with a foothold in two cultures, Rei Shimura has gone wherever fortune and her unruly passions have led her throughout her chaotic twenties. Now, after the streamers for her thirtieth birthday celebration have been taken down, the Japanese-American antiques dealer and part-time sleuth finds herself with an assignment to find and authenticate an ancient Middle Eastern pitcher that disappeared from Iraq's national museum.The piece is believed to be in the hands of a wealthy Japanese collector, whose passion for beauty extends to Rei herself. But when a devastating typhoon hits Tokyo, Rei is trapped with the object of her investigation--and with much much more than the fate of an ancient pitcher at risk. Zusammenfassung A young woman with a foothold in two cultures! Rei Shimura has gone wherever fortune and her unruly passions have led her throughout her chaotic twenties. Now! after the streamers for her thirtieth birthday celebration have been taken down! the Japanese-American antiques dealer and part-time sleuth finds herself with an assignment to find and authenticate an ancient Middle Eastern pitcher that disappeared from Iraq's national museum. The piece is believed to be in the hands of a wealthy Japanese collector! whose passion for beauty extends to Rei herself. But when a devastating typhoon hits Tokyo! Rei is trapped with the object of her investigation—and with much much more than the fate of an ancient pitcher at risk. ...

Product details

• Authors: Sujata Massey
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2008
• EAN: 9780060765132
• ISBN: 978-0-06-076513-2
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Rei Shimura; The Rei Shimura Series; Ein Fall für Rei Shimura; Rei Shimura; The Rei Shimura Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Asian American, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Culinary, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Paranormal