The Floating Girl (Rei Shimura Series #4)

by Sujata Massey

Overview

Comics, beaches and college kids collide in Rei Shimura's fourth Tokyo mystery. Rei, a young American antiques buyer, thinks that writing a magazine column about the history of comic books will boost her business in Tokyo. During a weekend of relaxation at her boyfriend Takeo's beach house, she fixes on the perfect subject: an exquisite modern comic that reveals the disturbing social milieu of pre-World War II Japan. But when one of the comic's young creators is killed, Rei is drawn into Japan's youth underground. She floats through strip clubs, anime shops and coffeehouses, and ultimately, into the Pacific Ocean itself. But will she get the story before the killer gets her?

An edgy, sexy mystery with an undercurrent of humor.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149355969
Publisher:	Sujata Massey
Publication date:	05/29/2014
Series:	Rei Shimura Series , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	374
Sales rank:	75,061
File size:	475 KB

About the Author

Sujata Massey is the Agatha and Macavity Award winning author of the Rei Shimura mystery series, ten novels and collected short stories featuring Rei Shimura, a smart and sexy young antiques buyer in modern Tokyo. Sujata began writing about Japan when lived there in the 1990s. She's also the author of historical novels set in India, including The Sleeping Dictionary novel and a novella called The Ayah's Tale.

Editorial Reviews

"Rei is one of the most complex female protagonists around. She is Japanese, but she is also an American living in Japan, and this dichotomy gives her observations on Japanese culture a fascinating double edge."

Booklist - Editor's Choice

"The real strength of this book is the portrayal of Rei's continuing struggle to both accept and be accepted in her adopted home."

The Denver Post - Tom and Enid Schantz

"Sujata Massey takes readers on a thoughtful tour of contemporary Japanese youth culture in this accomplished murder mystery...Deftly sketching everyday life in parts of Tokyo rarely seen by tourists, Massey tells a series of overlapping stories about identity, the popular media and the hilarious frenzy of contemporary comic book culture."

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