Snakeskin Shamisen

Snakeskin Shamisen - Paperback

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Snakeskin Shamisen - Paperback

Snakeskin Shamisen - Paperback

by Naomi Hirahara
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by Naomi Hirahara (Author)

From Summer of the Big Bachi to Gasa-Gasa Girl, Naomi Hirahara's acclaimed novels have featured one of mystery fiction's most unique heroes: Mas Arai, a curmudgeonly L.A. gardener, Hiroshima survivor, and inveterate gambler.

Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win-from a novelty slot machine -he's torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas's pal G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later. The last thing Mas wants to do is stick his nose in someone else's business, but at G.I.'s prodding he reluctantly agrees to follow the trail of a battered snakeskin shamisen (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of the crime...and suddenly finds himself caught up in a dark mystery that reaches from the islands of Okinawa to the streets of L.A.-a world of heartbreaking memories, deception, and murder.

Author Biography

Naomi Hirahara is a freelance writer and journalist who served for several years as an editor of The Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese American daily newspaper. She is the author of two previous Mas Arai mysteries, Gasa-Gasa Girl and Summer of the Big Bachi, named one of "The Ten Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2004" by the Chicago Tribune and a Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2004" pick.

Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.59 x 7.98 x 5.28 IN
Publication Date: April 25, 2006
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2007)
Award: Anthony Awards (2007)
ISBN9780385339612
Author Naomi Hirahara
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages272
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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