Publisher's Note Taking a freelance assignment from a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency with possible ties to the CIA, Japanese-American investigator Rei Shimura goes undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store to unmask a killer, a case that is complicated by the unwanted advances of store executives and her own enthusiasm for shopping. By the author of The Typhoon Lover. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews "Readers will find Rei's cross-cultural escapades as engrossing as the department store's shenanigans." (07/10/2006)