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The Salaryman’s Wife

Rei Shimura Mysteries, Book 1

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The Salaryman’s Wife

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.

©1997 Sujata Massey (P)2019 Tantor Amateur Sleuths Mystery United States Women Sleuths World Literature
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What sort of accent did the narrator have for a Scotsman? It sounded rather like someone gargling with bleach. Awful!

Poor narrator

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Interesting plot, great details about Japanese life and customs, good narrator. Fun to listen to while gardening!

Great book

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The story is OK, a bit formulaic. However, where on earth did they get the narrator from. The Scottish character sound slightly Irish. The Japanese characters also sounded Irish !! The narrator who I assume is American nailed the American accent for the main character.

Story is OK - Narration not so much

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Loved the story and most of the performance but as a Scot living in Scotland it was a shame the main male character (meant to be Scottish) had on Irish accent.

Hugh Scottish?

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The pace and thoroughness of the vision the story unfolded was beautifully portrayed, I however struggled with the reader when using a whinny voice for Rei at times. It does not compute well in my head to hear a strong character over the age of 25 seeming to whine. Apart from that it was enjoyable

Fascinating Story

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