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Murder on Bamboo Lane
  • Published: 1 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780425264959
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $17.99
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Murder on Bamboo Lane

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1 Apr 2014
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The first book in a fun new mystery series featuring a 20-something female LAPD bicycle cop, from Edgar-award-winning author Naomi Hirahara.

From the award-winning author of the Japantown Mysteries, trouble awaits rookie LAPD Officer Ellie Rush as she patrols the mean streets of Los Angeles on her bicycle…

Bike cop Ellie Rush dreams of becoming a homicide detective, but it’s still a shock when the first dead body she encounters on the job is that of a former college classmate.

At the behest of her Aunt Cheryl, the highest-ranking Asian-American officer in the LAPD (a source of pride for Ellie’s grandmother, but annoyance to her mom), Ellie becomes tangled in the investigation of the coed’s murder—with equal parts help and hindrance from her nosy best friend, her over-involved ex-boyfriend, a smoldering detective, and seemingly everyone else in her extended family…only to uncover secrets that a killer may go to any lengths to ensure stay hidden.
  • Published: 1 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780425264959
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $17.99
Categories:

About the author

Naomi Hirahara

Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar® Award-winning author of the Officer Ellie Rush Mysteries, including Grave on Grand Avenue and Murder on Bamboo Lane (which received the T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award). 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. She worked as a reporter and editor of The Rafu Shimpo in downtown Los Angeles. She is also the author of the Mas Arai Mysteries (including Summer of the Big Bachi, Gasa-Gasa Girl, and Snakeskin Shamisen) and the middle-grade novel 1001 Cranes, and has written, edited, and published several nonfiction books, largely about the Japanese American experience. She lives with her husband in Southern California.
portrait photo of Naomi Hirahara

Also by Naomi Hirahara

Grave On Grand Avenue
Snakeskin Shamisen
Gasa-Gasa Girl
Summer of the Big Bachi
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Praise for Murder on Bamboo Lane

Praise for the Mas Arai Mysteries:
"A unique voice in a genre cluttered with copycats."--Rocky Moutain News
"Hirahara has a keen eye for the telling detail and an assured sense of character."--Los Angeles Times
"Hirahara's complex and compassionate portrait of a contemporary American subculture enhances her mystery, and vice versa."--Kirkus Reviews
"Hirahara's well-plotted, wholesome whodunit offers a unique look at L.A.'s Japanese-American community, with enough twists and local flavor to keep you guessing till the end."--Entertainment Weekly
"In an age in which too many books are merely echoes of previous books, Naomi Hirahara has the distinction of writing a mystery series that is unlike any other. ... [Hirahara] is truly one of a kind."--Chicago Sun-Times
"A shrewd sense of character and a formidable narrative engine."--Chicago Tribune
"Hirahara has created in Arai a protagonist who arguably is one of the most unique characters in contemporary mystery fiction. ... A haunting and compelling work."--Bookreporter.com
"A winning series."--Seattle Times


"A fresh, funny and fascinating mystery. Young bicycle cop Ellie Rush might be the opposite of hardboiled, but she's courageous, clever, and can wind her way through the back streets of L.A. to the best ramen shops. The most original mystery I've encountered in many years--kampai to Naomi Hirahara for a terrific new series."--Sujata Massey, author of The Sleeping Dictionary and the Rei Shimura mystery series