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Chapter Twelve — Family Ties

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Sep 2019

“Just give it to me, Maki.” I hear Carrie’s voice behind me. I’m so relieved that she, Som, and Crowe have arrived. She ...

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Chapter Eleven — How to Sharpen a Knife

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Aug 2019

One of the first things Yudai, my boss at the sushi bar, taught me was how to properly sharpen my knife. He uses the traditional ...

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Chapter Ten — Double Crosser

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Jul 2019

“What do you mean Yudai was behind this?” I can hardly get the words out of my mouth. Yudai is like my Japanese brother—only ...

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Chapter Nine — Where’s Som?

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Jun 2019

On my dead husband’s laptop is only one document, a letter addressed to me. Carrie glances at me and I nod. She double clicks ...

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Chapter Eight — Try Tamago

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 May 2019

I wait for Crowe to threaten to publicly expose my lies. I picture being kicked out of the dorm and being on the front page ...

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Chapter Seven — The Magic of Kitchen

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Apr 2019

The condo itself is one of those nondescript kinds all along Embarcadero in Palo Alto. It’s part of a larger complex with probably at ...

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Chapter Six — Pretender

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Mar 2019

I’m assembling a natto hand roll for a software engineer with Google, when a man in a motorized wheelchair enters Yudai’s Corner. He ...

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Chapter Five — Murder Menu

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Feb 2019

“The first official meeting of Yudai Investigations is called to order,” Yudai says as our fivesome make our way in a residential area of Mountain ...

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Chapter Four — Maki vs. the BGWAAM

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Jan 2019

Up to now, I’ve never felt that a group that I belonged to believed in me. When I left for America, my family thought ...

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Chapter Three — Don’t Be a Bakatare

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Dec 2018

What attracted me to Kurt, you may wonder. It wasn’t that he was particularly good looking. I mean, he was tall, six-three, but he ...
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