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First in an all-new series of mysteries that could happen only in Tokyo... Yumi Hata went to school in the U.S., but nowโback in Tokyo, living with her parents and working as an English translatorโshe 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 deadโsuspected of jisatsu, taking part in a suicide pactโYumi is devastated. Fortunately, the police investigator in charge of Rikaโs case is Yumiโs old
"As she turned to open the car door she froze as she saw on the silvery ribbon of the road three dark shapes close, and for a moment, menacing like grown men with their hands held up. Then they shifted position and she saw the sheen of the moon on their flanks and the antlers, branch like, against the sky. Red deer stags, cautious, stopping to check her out as they crossed the road. One of them coughed. Their hooves clicking delicate steps they moved off slowly, a faint swishing of the
First in an all-new series of mysteries that could happen only in Tokyo... Yumi Hata went to school in the U.S., but nowโback in Tokyo, living with her parents and working as an English translatorโshe 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 deadโsuspected of jisatsu, taking part in a suicide pactโYumi is devastated. Fortunately, the police investigator in charge of Rikaโs case is Yumiโs old
"As she turned to open the car door she froze as she saw on the silvery ribbon of the road three dark shapes close, and for a moment, menacing like grown men with their hands held up. Then they shifted position and she saw the sheen of the moon on their flanks and the antlers, branch like, against the sky. Red deer stags, cautious, stopping to check her out as they crossed the road. One of them coughed. Their hooves clicking delicate steps they moved off slowly, a faint swishing of the