title: The Pearl Diver: A Novel (The Rei Shimura Series)
author:  Sujata Massey 
description: &#8220;This novel is beautifully constructed and highly emotional. Massey&#8217;s knowledge of Japanese antiques and downtown D.C. enhances the story.&#8221; (USA Today)<br /><br />&#8220;Adept at crafting dead-on dialogue and juggling serious issues with humor, Massey has produced another triumph.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />&#8220;Engaging.&#8221; (Rocky Mountain News (Denver))<br /><br />&#8220;Sujata Massey gracefully weaves Japanese art, history, and social mores into a series narrated by a Japanese-American antiques dealer.&#8221; (New York Times Book Review)<br /><br />&#8220;A riveting story.&#8221; (Library Journal)<br /><br />&#8220;Sujata Massey remains a strong sustainer of suspense.&#8221; (Baltimore Sun)<br /><br />&#8220;You can&#8217;t go wrong sharing the adventures of Rei Shimura.&#8221; (--Bookloons.com)<br /><br />&#8220;A feast of delights, sure to make readers impatient for Rei Shimura&#8217;s next adventure.&#8221; (Baltimore Sun)<br /><br />&#8220;Sujata Massey&#8217;s mysteries are breezy and girly and...tartly funny.&#8221; (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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  Books by the Author
  
  
  THE PERVEEN MISTRY SERIES
  
  
  The Widows of Malabar Hill The Satapur Moonstone
  
  
  INDIA BOOKS
  
  
  India Gray: Historical Fiction The Sleeping Dictionary
  
  
  JAPAN BOOKS
  
  
  The Kizuna Coast
  
  
  Shimura Trouble
  
  
  Girl in a Box
  
  
  The Typhoon Lover
  
  
  The Pearl Diver
  
  
  The Samurai’s Daughter The Bride’s Kimono
  
  
  The Floating Girl
  
  
  The Flower Master
  
  
  Zen Attitude
  
  
  The Salaryman’s Wife
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Sujata Massey
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. The characters, dialogue, and incidents depicted
  are a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events or
  persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  Published by
  
  
  Soho Press, Inc.
  
  
  ## 853 Broadway
  
  
  ### New York, NY 10003
  
  
  
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Massey, Sujata, author.
  
  
  The Satapur moonstone / Sujata Massey.
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-61695-909-8
  
  
  eISBN 978-1-61695-910-4
  
  
  I. Title.
  
  
  PS3563.A79965 S28 2019 81’/.54—dc23 2018046843
  
  
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