“What are you talking about?” I was suddenly worried. “Captain Okuhara said I didn’t have to go to Shiroyama after all.”
“You’re moving in with me, aren’t you? Richard said you wanted to.” Hugh’s voice had a tenderness I never would have expected.
“That was because of your injury and problems with police. I wanted to be with you for the little time we had left. But now that there are no extenuating circumstances, I hardly think it’s necessary—”
He held up a hand to stop me. “Let’s be practical, then. I could provide you with a great business address. All I ask is that you collect me every night along with your faxes.”
A great wave of laughter swept over me then, and I looked into his green-gold eyes, warm with something I had seen before but finally realized was all for me.
“You’re incorrigible,” I said. “A capitalist Scot who’s far too proprietary—”
“But you want me anyway?”
Water sloshed over the side of the tub as I landed on him, giving my answer.
About the Author
SUJATA MASSEY was born in England to parents from India and Germany. She studied writing at Johns Hopkins University and worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun before moving to Japan, where she taught English and began writing mystery fiction. The Rei Shimura series starts with The Salaryman’s Wife, which won the Agatha Award for the best first novel of 1997, and continues with Zen Attitude, The Flower Master, and The Floating Girl. Having returned to Baltimore, Massey continues her study of ikebana and raises flowers and vegetables in an organic garden.
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Praise For The Salaryman’s Wife
WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD
“Sly, sexy, and deftly done.”
—People (page-turner of the week)
“An impressive first novel.”
—Baltimore Sun
“Massey has, in this evenly paced novel of suspense ideal for a beach weekend, presented a near pitch perfect voice in modern-day Japan.”
—Japan Times
“Sujata Massey’s hip, female Asian American twenty-something protagonist spins the story from Japan’s mountain ranges to the backstreets of Tokyo in a riveting, page-turning style that will make readers late for work.”
—A. Magazine
“A terrific first book…. One can just about feel the cold draft blowing through the traditional house as Massey walks us through a foreign culture…enlightening and entertaining.”
—Washington Times
“The mystery glides along, but it’s the meddling, mixed-up, manipulative Rei Shimura who supplies the real interest. Too bad she’s fictional—she’s the urban survivor we’d all like as a pal in Tokyo.”
—Pacific Stars and Stripes
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