The Flower Master

Rei Shimura Mysteries Series, Book 3

By: Sujata Massey

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Rei Shimura, a California girl living in Tokyo, has an antiques business that's only slightly more successful than her love life. When her aunt enrolls her in the Kayama School of Ikebana to learn how to arrange flowers, disaster strikes. A mean teacher is found with scissors in her neck, and Takeo Kayama, the sexy billionaire heir to the school, considers Rei's aunt the main suspect.

Rei strives to prove her aunt's innocence but becomes enmeshed in a web of upper-class ladies, edgy environmental protesters, and young immigrants trying to make it in one of the world's most exciting and expensive cities. As danger rises, clues are sent to Rei in haiku poems that hint her family played a role in an old Kayama School tragedy that threatens not just her romantic future with Takeo - but her own life.

©2014 Sujata Massey and the Ikat Press (P)2019 Tantor

Thrilled to see this on Audible

I recently started Sujata Massey's Rei Shimura series after listening to Widows of Malabar Hill and was sad to see only a couple of titles -- wonderful to see this third entry appear unexpectedly.

Dare we hope that they are going to produce the whole series on audiobook??? The narrator is great and distinguishes the characters' voices -- I tried reading a paperback of this book but it doesn't have the same impact as hearing the diction and accents she provides.

Looking forward (hopefully) to more Rei Shimura novels on Audible.

Another mystery in Japan!!

I loved the narration, interesting story which kept me engaged through out. I could not guess who the killer would be till the end. Love Sujata’s novels and wish more books come out. Waiting for more .....