Description LAPD bicycle cop--and aspiring homicide detective--Ellie Rush is back on patrol in the newest mystery from the award-winning author of Murder on Bamboo Lane.
She lives with her husband in Southern California..
She is also the author of 1001 Cranes and has written, edited, and published several nonfiction books, largely about the Japanese American experience.
She worked as a reporter and editor of The Rafu Shimpo in downtown Los Angeles.
Born and raised in Pasadena, Naomi received her bachelor\'s degree in international relations from Stanford University and studied at the Inter-University Center for Advanced Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo.
But after the gardener takes his last breath and Xu mysteriously disappears, it\'s clear to Ellie she must act quickly before someone else falls silent...
About the Author Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar(R) Award-winning author of Murder on Bamboo Lane, as well as the Mas Arai Mysteries.
Meanwhile Ellie has issues of her own to deal with--like the curious theft of her car, a 1969 Pontiac Skylark.
Nearby, the father of Xu, a Chinese superstar classical musician, claims Fuentes was knocked down while attempting to steal his son\'s multimillion-dollar cello--a story Ellie has trouble believing.
A few minutes later she\'s shocked to discover him lying at the bottom of a staircase, clinging to life and whispering something indecipherable.
Ellie stops for a friendly chat with gardener Eduardo Fuentes while patrolling one of Los Angeles\'s premier concert halls.
Description LAPD bicycle cop--and aspiring homicide detective--Ellie Rush is back on patrol in the newest mystery from the award-winning author of Murder on Bamboo Lane
