num_pages: 432
description: 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.) 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 manages to piece together a strange, ever-changing puzzle—one that is built on lies and held together by years of sex and deception.
language: English
title: The Salaryman's Wife
titlecomplete: The Salaryman's Wife (Rei Shimura #1)
genres: Asian Literature, Crime, Japan, Asia, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 3299
series: Rei Shimura
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best Paperback Original, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Paperback Original, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: HarperTorch