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the brides kimono
p antiques dealer rei shimura has managed to snag one of the most lucrative and prestigious jobs of her career a renowned museum in washington d.c. has invited her to exhibit her kimonos and give a lecture on them . accompanied by a gaggle of japanese office ladies bent on a week of shopping rei lands in the capital . but her big break could ultimately break her . within hours one of the kimonos is stolen and then reis passport is discovered in a shopping mall dumpster on the dead body of one of the japanese tourists . trouble is only beginning though for now reis parents have arrived and so has her ex boyfriend . to track down the kimono and unmask a killer reis got to do some clever juggling fast talking and quick sleuthing or this trip home could be her last .
paperback avon books 2002 isbn 0061031151
abridged n isbn 13 9780061031151 number of pages 400 publisher harpercollins release date 62135769600000