Kimura Rei

Japanese Orchid Kimura Rei

POWERFUL AND YET POIGNANT, THIS THRILLER SPANS THREE CITIES, NEW YORK, TOKYO AND SINGAPORE. TETSUYO AKINICHO, A WEALTHY JAPANESE DNA MOGUL FROM MOST HIGHLY RESPECTED CIRCLES OF NY SOCIETY FINDS HIMSELF EMBROILED IN A BLACKMAIL THAT THREATENS TO TEAR HIS IMPECCABLE REPUTATION TO PIECES. TETSUYO LIVES IN THE SHADOW OF A TERRIBLE FAMILY SECRET WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS WELL HIDDEN, TILL ONE DAY AN EMAIL COMES TO HIM: ""YOUR MOTHER IS NOT RESTING IN PEACE. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR ANCESTORS. DO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE COME FROM?"" THESE LINES PLUNGE TETSUYO AND HIS LAWYER AKIRA TANAKA INTO AN INTRICATE MAZE OF DAMAGE CONTROL MANOEUVRES INVOLVING PAUL GRIFFIN, A WELL KNOWN AMERICAN PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND HIS ASSISTANT, JAPANESE HISTORIAN, MAYUMI ONODERA. THEIR INVESTIGATIONS LEAD TO ONE SHOCKING DISCOVERY AFTER ANOTHER. TETSUYO IS ONCE AGAIN DRAWN BACK TO AN ACHING VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY OF HIS ROOTS & A MYSTERIOUS AND PAINFUL TRAGEDY SURROUNDING THE WOMAN WHO GAVE HIM LIFE... HIS BIOLOGICAL MOTHER. TETSUYO REALIZES THAT NO ONE CAN EVER SHAKE OFF THE PAST, NOT EVEN A POWERFUL MULTI-MILLIONAIRE RIDING HIGH IN HIS WORLD OF SUPER-ADVANCED DNA TECHNOLOGY. THE PAST HE SHARES WITH THE GHOSTS OF SECOND WORLD WAR COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM IN THE FORM OF A FACELESS BLACKMAILER AND TETSUYO IS DRAWN BACK TO CONFRONT THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL STARTED, A JAPANESE CEMETERY IN SINGAPORE AND A TINY, NONDESCRIPT HEAD STONE. ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★?... ★★★★★★★★★★★★? ?? ★★★★★★????, ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★?, ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★. ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ???-?? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★????? ?-????? ??? ★★★★★★, ????? ★★★★★★?? ????? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★ ????. ?? ??? ?????, ?? ??? ★★★★★★? ???? ★★★★★★???, ★★★★★★?? ????? ?????... ★★★★★★???? ????, ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★?? ????? ??? ?? ★★★★★★★★★★★★ ????? ?? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★?? ????? ??? ★★★★★★ ????? ★★★★★★?? ????? ★★★★★★? ?????