"Semi-retired, seventy-something amateur detective Mas Arai's fourth adventure finds him with less work than ever in his gardening business but plenty to keep him busy after his best friend, Haruo, decides to get married to fellow widower Spoon. But the wedding is called off the day before the event when his fiancée's house is burgled, and her family's hina dolls are stolen. Mas suspects Spoon's youngest daughter, Dee, a recovering addict, but Dee seems equally eager to find the real thief. Together, they investigate a series of clues that lead them into the provenance of the hina dolls and, eventually, into Spoon and Dee's murky past."—Booklist