Sujata Massey is a mystery

Mystery fiction

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 writer

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 born 1964 in Sussex

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, England

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 who emigrated with her family to the United States

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 at the age of 5.

She is best known for her series featuring Rei Shimura

Rei Shimura

Rei Shimura is a fictional amateur sleuth and antiques expert who features in a series of mystery novels written by Sujata Massey. Her character is first introduced in the novel The Salaryman's Wife, in which she unravels the murder of a woman on a sight-seeing trip- Character history :Born in San...

, a California

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n born to a Japanese

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 father and an American

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 mother. Many of her novels are set in Japan

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 and in Washington, D.C.

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On her official Website, Massey states that Shimura Trouble will be the final book in the Rei Shimura series.

The Rei Shimura novels

• The Salaryman's Wife (1997)
• Zen Attitude (1998)
• The Flower Master (1999)
• The Floating Girl (2000)
• The Bride's Kimono (2001)
• The Samurai's Daughter (2003)
• The Pearl Diver (2004)
• The Typhoon Lover (2005)
• Girl in a Box (2006)
• Shimura Trouble (June 2008)

External links

• Official site
• Mystery Woman, Nirali Magazine, September 2004