Author's e-books - fiction. Page - 10

Over the course of a single day, the lives of various tenants on a floor of an apartment complex intertwine. A new family, a struggling couple, a man desperate to find his place in the world, and an elderly woman with nothing left to do but reflect on a long life lived all find a thread of connection on a day that none of them will forget. And where one character's story ends, another's story begins.

First in an all-new series of mysteries that could happen only in Tokyo... Yumi Hata went to school in the U.S., but nowβback in Tokyo, living with her parents and working as an English translatorβshe no longer fits in with the fiercely traditional Japanese. If not for her friend Rika, Yumi would feel completely isolated, so when Rika is found deadβsuspected of jisatsu, taking part in a suicide pactβYumi is devastated. Fortunately, the police investigator in charge of Rikaβs case is Yumiβs old