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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  # Critics on Sujata Massey and the Rei Shimura Series
  
  “ _The Kizuna Coast_ is Sujata Massey’s most moving novel in the Rei Shimura
  mystery series so far. Her and her sleuth’s love for Japan and its people is
  evident in this tale involving the destruction of the earthquake and resulting
  tsunami in the Tohoku region in 2011. While Rei follows clues to locate her
  antiques mentor and later investigate a murder, readers get an authentic look
  at what it was like for survivors and rescue workers days after the
  devastating disaster. Bravo to Massey’s clear-eyed recounting of a recovery
  that is still ongoing.”  
  —Naomi Hirahara, Edgar-award winning author of _Snakeskin Shamisen_ and
  _Murder on Bamboo Lane_
  
  “Agatha-winner Massey’s engaging tenth mystery to feature antiques dealer and
  part-time spy Rei… An appealing protagonist and memorable supporting
  characters blend smoothly with lessons in Hawaiian and Japanese history in a
  tale sure to win new readers for the series.”  
  — _Publisher