What did you read this year?
Hazel’s
average rating for
2025
5.0
it was amazing
5.0
In Pearl City, Ms Suzuki is the single mother of a young child, but also a Japanese sleuth who solves cases and still works shifts as a hotel receptionist. She intrigued me. She's a contemporary woman juggling roles. This is the leading short story in Simon Rowe's anthology 'Pearl City: Stories from Japan and Elsewhere' , and I was delighted to discover Ms Suzuki has travelled into other , longer mediums. She's a credible working mother even wit
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