Суджата Масси

When an earthquake triggers a tsunami that floods Japan's northeast coast, amateur sleuth Rei Shimura is pushed into her most rugged adventure yet. It starts with an SOS from Rei's beloved elderly friend, the antiques dealer Mr. Ishida, who's trapped among thousands on the ravaged Tohoku coast. Rei rushes from Hawaii to blacked-out Tokyo, where she discovers Ishida Antiques may hav...

India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Satara mountains southeast of Bombay, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur’s royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur’s two maharanis, the...

Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes women's legal rights especially important to her. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner...

Рей Симура занимается продажей антиквариата, а в свободное время ведет в японском журнале для иностранцев колонку, посвященную искусству. Однажды молодой журналистке поручают написать статью про японские комиксы - мангу. Рей и не подозревает, что это безобидное на первый взгляд задание обернется настоящим детективом, а сама она окажется в центре захватывающих событий...

Рей Симура занимается продажей антиквариата, а в свободное время ведет в японском журнале для иностранцев колонку, посвященную искусству. Однажды журналистке поручают написать статью про японские комиксы - манга. Рей и не подозревает, что это безобидное на первый взгляд задание обернется настоящим детективом, а сама она окажется в центре захватывающих событий...

THE AYAH'S TALE is a 202-page novella by Sujata Massey, author of THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY, a longer novel set in British India that was published by Simon & Schuster in 2013. She is also the author of the contemporary Rei Shimura mystery novel series set in modern Japan, which starts with THE SALARYMAN'S WIFE.I

From an award-winning novelist, a stunning portrait of late Raj India?a sweeping saga and a love story set against a background of huge political and cultural upheaval.

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...

When an earthquake triggers a tsunami that floods Japan's northeast coast, amateur sleuth Rei Shimura is pushed into her most rugged adventure yet. It starts with an SOS from Rei's beloved elderly friend, the antiques dealer Mr. Ishida, who's trapped among thousands on the ravaged Tohoku coast. Rei rushes from Hawaii to blacked-out Tokyo, where she discovers Ishida Antiques may hav...

India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Satara mountains southeast of Bombay, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur’s royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur’s two maharanis, the...

Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes women's legal rights especially important to her. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner...

Рей Симура занимается продажей антиквариата, а в свободное время ведет в японском журнале для иностранцев колонку, посвященную искусству. Однажды молодой журналистке поручают написать статью про японские комиксы - мангу. Рей и не подозревает, что это безобидное на первый взгляд задание обернется настоящим детективом, а сама она окажется в центре захватывающих событий...

Рей Симура занимается продажей антиквариата, а в свободное время ведет в японском журнале для иностранцев колонку, посвященную искусству. Однажды журналистке поручают написать статью про японские комиксы - манга. Рей и не подозревает, что это безобидное на первый взгляд задание обернется настоящим детективом, а сама она окажется в центре захватывающих событий...