Mas Arai Mystery: Strawberry Yellow: A Mas Arai Mystery (Paperback)

from etxgardener

Japanese-American gardener & survivor of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, Mas Arai, has returned to Watsonville, California for the funeral of his cousin Shug. Almost immediately, he is pulled into the mystery of the death of his cousin's son's girlfriend as well as the suspicion that his cousin's d...

from JolleyG

As soon as a new Mas Arai mystery comes out, I read it. I have always enjoyed his style as a reluctant detective, but when he decides to get involved in solving a murder, he goes out of his way to investigate clues. The story is told in third person from Mas' point of view, but he's a man of few ...

from bibliophileofalls

Although mysteries are not my first choice of book genres, I did obviously request this book and like to vary my reading, so this was just fine. The pace of the story in the book was fairly slow and reminded me of Alexander McCall Smith's books about MMa Ramotswe in Africa without most of the cha...

from julko

I've read almost all of the Mas Arai mysteries and always enjoyed them. This one is no exception. I don't tend to read them for the mystery but for the examination of the Japanese American (and specifically the kibei) culture. The story itself is pretty leisurely, even though it's a short book, b...

from margitc

One reason I enjoy the series of Mas Arai mysteries is their contribution to the description of the cultural diversity of California through the mystery genre. Strawberry Yellow also highlights the contrasting attitudes between the different geographical locations of Watsonville and Los Angeles. ...