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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Gasa-Gasa Girl by Naomi Hirahara

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Also by Naomi Hirahara:

Evergreen, July 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Evergreen, August 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Clark and Division, August 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Grave On Grand Avenue, April 2015
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Murder on Bamboo Lane, April 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Blood Hina: A Mas Arai Mystery, March 2010
Hardcover
Summer of the Big Bachi, February 2008
Paperback
Snakeskin Shamisen, May 2006
Hardcover
Gasa-Gasa Girl, March 2005
Trade Size

Gasa-Gasa Girl
Naomi Hirahara


Delta
March 2005
Featuring: Mas Arai
304 pages
ISBN: 0385337604
EAN: 9780385337601
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Mystery Amateur Sleuth

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai’s daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa–never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now, his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City, and had a life he knew little about. But an anxious phone call from Mari asking for his help plunges the usually obstinate Mas into a series of startling situations from maneuvering in an unfamiliar city to making nice with his tall, blond son-in- law, Lloyd, to taking care of a sickly child…to finding a dead body in the rubble of a former koi pond.

The victim was Kazzy Ouchi, a half-Japanese millionaire who also happened to be Mari and Lloyd’s boss. Stumbling onto the scene, Mas sees more amiss than the detectives do, but his instinct is to keep his mouth shut. Only when the case threatens his daughter and her family does Mas take action: patiently, stubbornly tugging at the end of a tangled, dangerous mystery. And as he does, he begins to lay bare a tragic secret on the dark side of an American dream.…

Both a riveting mystery and a powerful story of passionate relationships across a cultural divide, Gasa-Gasa Girl is a tale told with heart and wisdom: an unforgettable portrait of fathers, daughters, and other strangers.

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