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Blood Hina

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A present-day mystery is tied to the Japanese American detention centers of WWII in this "wonderful" chapter of the Edgar Award-winning series (Lisa See).

Mas Arai's best friend Haruo is getting married, and the cranky detective and semi-retired gardener has grudgingly agreed to serve as best man. But when the ancient Japanese doll display that belongs to Haruo's fiancée goes missing, the wedding is called off with fingers pointed at Haruo. To save his friend's life, Mas must untangle a web of secrecy, heartbreaking memories, and murder stretching from the internment camps of the 1940s through the West Coast drug-running of the 1980s to today.

In the fourth entry in her Edgar-winning mystery series, Naomi Hirahara once again delivers thrills alongside "a sensitive insider's view of the Japanese-American subculture" (Publishers Weekly).

"Mas Arai is a true original and one of my favorite characters in crime fiction. I love spending time in his world and I'm thrilled that he's back—and at the top of his grumpy game." —S.J. Rozan, Edgar-winning author of The Shanghai Moon
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 25, 2010
      Edgar-winner Hirahara once again provides a sensitive insider’s view of the Japanese-American subculture in her fourth Mas Arai mystery (after 2006’s Snakeskin Shamisen
      ), though series fans may find this entry less strong than some. When Mas, a Los Angeles gardener who as a boy survived the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima, accidentally drops the gold ring he’s supposed to hand to his closest friend, Haruo Mukai, into a fish pond, this is just one of many little disasters plaguing the wedding rehearsal in which Mas is the best man. Haruo’s elderly bride, Sumako Hayakawa, later calls the nuptials off, accusing Haruo of stealing two hina
      dolls used in purification ceremonies belonging to her family. Mas’s inquiry into the theft leads him to drug runners and several murders. The author’s simple, expressive prose and her gift for creating memorable characters, notably her unusual detective, elevate this above most other contemporary puzzlers.

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