The Flower Master

Name: The Flower Master
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Sujata Massey
ISBN: 9781977348227

Author: Sujata Massey

Series: Rei Shimura Mysteries #3

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/27/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

Rei Shimura, a California girl living in Tokyo, has an antiques business that's only slightly more successful than her love life. When her aunt enrolls her in the Kayama School of Ikebana to learn how to arrange flowers, disaster strikes. A mean teacher is found with scissors in her neck, and Takeo Kayama, the sexy billionaire heir to the school, considers Rei's aunt the main suspect.

Rei strives to prove her aunt's innocence but becomes enmeshed in a web of upper-class ladies, edgy environmental protesters, and young immigrants trying to make it in one of the world's most exciting and expensive cities. As danger rises, clues are sent to Rei in haiku poems that hint her family played a role in an old Kayama School tragedy that threatens not just her romantic future with Takeo—but her own life.

About Sujata Massey

Sujata Massey was born in England to parents from India and Germany, was raised mostly in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a features reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun before becoming a full-time novelist. She is the author of several award-winning novels, including The Salaryman's Wife, Zen Attitude, and The Flower Master.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Harley

I read mystery novels not so much for the plot. In fact, I could not tell you the plot of many of my favorite mysteries. What I read for is the unique voice of the main character. I want to enter their world as they see it. Rei Shimura is one of those voices. Rei was born in America of a Japanese fa......more

Goodreads review by Maddy

PROTAGONIST: Rei Shimura, antiques dealer SETTING: Tokyo SERIES: #3 RATING: 3.5 WHY: Rei Shimura has a Japanese father and American mother and is now living in Tokyo and working as an antiques dealer. At the insistence of her Aunt Norie, she enrolls in a flower arranging class. When one of the head teac......more

Goodreads review by JaeRavenClaw

This is actually my first book that I've read of Massey and I have to admit, it was pretty damn engrossing. I love good mystery series in the vein of Diane Mott Davidson and Massey's main sleuth-y character, Rei, actually seems to have a pretty good head on her shoulders to have to navigate two cult......more