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The Salaryman’s Wife

Rei Shimura Mysteries, Book 1

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By: Sujata Massey
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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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.

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It was extremely slow and there was far too much explaining. Only made worse by the readers lack of intonation. I was really disappointed

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A looooong drawn out story. The overall story would have been better if it had not been for the boring bits in between.

Good idea- but not well executed

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I’ve read a number of Sujata Massey’s novels set in India and greatly enjoyed them. I was looking forward to hearing a reading of this novel set in Japan but found it disappointing. For me, the reading was not great. I found the use of accents and voice tones, particularly those used for the Scottish character, to be a grating weakness that distracted me from the storyline.

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