Antiques dealer Rei Shimura is in San Francisco visiting her parents and researching a personal project to trace the story of 100 years of Japanese decorative arts through her own family's history. But Rei's work is interrupted by the arrival of her long-distance boyfriend, lawyer Hugh Glendinning, who is involved in a class action lawsuit on behalf of people forced to engage in slave labor for Japanese companies during World War II." Suddenly, when one of Hugh's clients is murdered, their two projects intertwine. Before long, Rei uncovers troubling facts about her own family's actions during the war. As she starts to unravel the truth and search for a killer, the notions of family ties and loyalty take on an entirely new meaning.--from Publisher description.
- ISBN10 0060595035
- ISBN13 9780060595036
- Publish Date 6 July 2004 (first published 4 March 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 6 December 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint HarperCollins
- Edition Perennial ed.
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 384
- Language English