Red Tea

A mystery unfolds in rural Japan. "Mezeske's debut is quietly ominous, the tension rising like steam off a freshly made cup of tea."—Heidi Lang, author of Rules of the Ruff

Jordan Howard moves to the Japanese countryside to become a high school English teacher, not an amateur detective. But when Jordan's students are murdered one after another, she resolves to find the culprit, fueled by lingering guilt over her own brother's death.

Toshihiko Sakurai, the ambitious police detective investigat...