Antiques dealer Rei Shimura has managed to snag one of the most lucrative and prestigious jobs of her career: a renowned museum in Washington， D.C.， has invited her to exhibit rar kimonos and give a lecture on them. Accompanied by agaggle of Japanese office ladies bent on a week of shopping， Rei lands in the capital. But her big break could ultimately break her. Within hours one of the kimonos is stolen， and then Rei s passport is discovered in a shopping mall dumpster -- on the dead body of one of the Japanese tourists. Trouble is only beginning， though， for now Rei s parents have arrived and so has her ex-boyfriend. To track down the kimono and unmask a killer， Rei s got to do some clever juggling， fast talking， and quick sleuthing， or this trip home could be her last.