Girl in a Box: 9 (Severn House Large Print) - Softcover

Massey, Sujata

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060765151 ISBN 13: 9780060765156

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2007

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2007-10-30 Pages: 304 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Chronically underemployed Japanese-American sleuth Rei Shimura has taken a freelance gig with a Washington. DC. alphabet agency that just might have ties to the CIA Her mission. . should she choose to accept it. is to go undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store. Its a risky assignment. but it also gives Rei a store discount that allows her to freely indulge her shopaholic tendencies. Meanwhile. shes listening in on private conversations. crashing a conference. and fending off the unwanted advances of a couple of the stores executives who seem fascinated by her navel ring. When her cover is blown. Rei is in big trouble. Suddenly shes neck-deep in something very nasty . and it will take all her resourcefulness and unorthodox methods to survive a determined killer.

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Product Description:

Chronically underemployed Japanese-American sleuth Rei Shimura has taken a freelance gig with a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency that just might have ties to the CIA. Her mission, should she choose to accept it, is to go undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store. It's a risky assignment, but it also gives Rei a store discount that allows her to freely indulge her shopaholic tendencies.

Meanwhile, she's listening in on private conversations, crashing a conference, and fending off the unwanted advances of a couple of the store's executives who seem fascinated by her navel ring. When her cover is blown, Rei is in big trouble. Suddenly she's neck-deep in something very nasty, and it will take all her resourcefulness and unorthodox methods to survive a determined killer.

About the Author:

Sujata Massey was a reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun and spent several years in Japan teaching English and studying Japanese. She is the author of The Salaryman's Wife, Zen Attitude, The Flower Master, The Floating Girl, The Bride's Kimono, The Samurai's Daughter, The Pearl Diver, and The Typhoon Lover. She lives in Minneapolis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060765151
• ISBN 13: 9780060765156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304