Sujata Massey 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.

This collection gathers three Japan-set stories featuring Rei Shimura. From a missing junior-high student to a secretive romance and a mystery rooted in the past, the stories offer quick visits to Rei’s observant, complicated world.

Moonlighting as a teacher at a Japanese junior high, Rei worries when a shy student disappears. Her search uncovers a tense story of bullying, xenophobia, and class pressure, with a vulnerable child at the center.

Rei helps a Japanese office worker uncover the identity of the mysterious lover she knows only as the convenience boy. This compact mystery mixes romantic uncertainty with the everyday clues hidden in city life.

In this short Rei Shimura mystery, a troubling secret from the past reaches into the present. Rei follows a fragile trail through Japan, where old loyalties and unfinished business make a seemingly small case unexpectedly dangerous.

In 1952, Menakshi finds a book by the British child she once cared for as an ayah in Bengal. His memories reopen her own account of colonial life, loyalty, and a love that crossed forbidden lines.

Published in India as *The Sleeping Dictionary*, this historical novel follows Pom, later known as Kamala, from a ruined Bengali village to colonial Calcutta. Her search for safety and identity unfolds alongside India’s growing fight for independence.

After a devastating ocean wave destroys her Bengali village, a girl called Pom survives by taking on new names and new roles. As Kamala in Calcutta, she uses her gift for languages while India’s freedom struggle gathers force.

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.

In 1921 Bombay, young solicitor Perveen Mistry is asked to advise three secluded widows about their inheritance. When their household becomes tied to a murder, Perveen must protect vulnerable clients while exposing a dangerous scheme.

Perveen travels to the remote princely state of Satapur to advise two royal widows on the education of their young heir. A string of deaths, old grudges, and palace politics soon make her legal assignment a trap.

As the Prince of Wales visits Bombay in 1921, protests and riots grip the city. When a young Parsi student dies during the turmoil after seeking Perveen’s legal help, Perveen investigates whether her fall was truly an accident.

At a fundraiser for a women’s hospital, Perveen sees a young ayah save a child from a fire. When the injured nanny is falsely accused and a wealthy man is poisoned, Perveen fights to clear two women under suspicion.

Perveen hopes to represent a Bombay film studio run by director Subhas Ghoshal and his famous actress wife, Rochana. After a party guest is found dead and Rochana disappears, glamour gives way to blackmail, secrets, and murder.