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1) Zen attitude
Author
Series
Rei Shimura mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Life in modern Tokyo is a blast for Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American woman who enjoys busy days as an antiques dealer and steamy nights with a devoted new boyfriend. But things come to a standstill when Rei overpays for a rare old chest of drawers for a wealthy client, the owner of a famous Zen temple in Kamakura. The exquisite tansu turns out to be a fake: the worst deal Rei has ever made. When the temple family turns on Rei--and the con man...
Author
Series
Rei Shimura mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Description
Antiques dealer and amateur detective Rei Shimura heads to her childhood home of San Francisco to spend Christmas with the family. She soon gets tangled up in a murder investigation (with her beau, lawyer Hugh Glendinning), as well as some very nasty World War II history.
Author
Series
Rei Shimura mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Description
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,...