Curmudgeonly Japanese American gardener and unwitting detective Mas Arai is back in this fifth in the edgar award-winning series. Naomi Hirahara has created a memorable protagonist unlike any other: a hiroshima survivor,...Curmudgeonly Japanese American gardener and unwitting detective Mas Arai is back in this fifth in the edgar award-winning series. Naomi Hirahara has created a memorable protagonist unlike any other: a hiroshima survivor, Los Angeles gardener, widower, gambler, grandfather, and solver of crimes.