Rei Shimura Books in Order

Japanese American teacher Rei Shimura is visiting a mountain inn when beautiful Setsuko Nakamura is murdered. Drawn into the victim’s complicated marriage and workplace secrets, Rei begins asking questions that put her own safety at risk.

Rei’s new antiques business takes a hit when an expensive tansu chest proves to be fake and its seller is found dead. Hiding at a Zen temple, she must clear her name before the fraud turns into another murder.

Rei reluctantly takes ikebana lessons to please her Aunt Norie, then her demanding instructor is murdered. With evidence pointing toward her aunt, Rei must untangle old rivalries inside a prestigious Tokyo flower-arranging school.

Assigned to write about manga for a Tokyo paper, Rei follows the trail of a cult comic and its elusive creator. When a man is found dead dressed as the heroine Mars Girl, fandom turns frighteningly real.

Rei escorts priceless antique kimono from Tokyo to a Washington, D.C., museum, but a bridal robe vanishes along with a fellow traveler. A murder and a case of mistaken identity leave her fighting to save her reputation.

While researching her Japanese family history in San Francisco, Rei becomes caught up in a case involving former comfort women and wartime wrongdoing. A murder sends her back to Tokyo, where difficult truths about her own ancestors await.

Working on a Japanese fusion restaurant in Washington, D.C., Rei is alarmed when her glamorous cousin Kendall is kidnapped. Her search leads to a decades-old disappearance involving a Japanese war bride and a painful family secret.

Banned from Japan, Rei accepts an undercover assignment that offers her a way back. She must trace an Iraqi antiquity believed to be held by her former lover, then survive a dangerous case as a typhoon closes in.

Rei goes undercover as a saleswoman at a powerful Japanese department store, secretly gathering evidence about its shaky finances. The job demands a new look, constant caution, and trust in a handler she is starting to want.

After her father suffers a stroke, Rei takes him to Hawaii to meet relatives they never knew existed. A land dispute tied to wartime internment, an arson fire, and a death soon turn a family celebration into a dangerous investigation.

After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Rei travels to Japan to help her injured antiques mentor. His young apprentice has disappeared, and Rei’s search through devastated Tohoku reveals a mystery bound up with art, grief, and survival.