Pearl Diver

<p>The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award-winning mystery series is a witty suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into the Washington DC restaurant world. </p><p> A dazzling engagement ring and the promise of a fresh start bring antiques dealer and sometime sleuth Rei Shimura to Washington DC. But just as she's starting to settle down -catching up with a long-lost cousin and undertaking a lucrative commission furnishing a trendy Japanese restaurant nearby - things begin to go haywire. First her cousin vanishes from the restaurant's opening-night party and then Rei is drafted to help find a Japanese war bride who disappeared 30 years earlier. </p><p> The search for both missing women becomes suspiciously linked and along the way Rei faces truths about herself that may change her destiny - if she lives long enough. </p>