The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey

The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey

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. 

Sujata Massey was born in England to Indian and German parents and raised in St. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and now resides in Baltimore, Maryland. Before becoming a full-time novelist, she worked as a features reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun. The Widows of Malabar Hill, Perveen Mistry's first novel, was an international success and received the Agatha, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark Awards. Sujata Massey's website is sujatamassey.com.