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Though he doesn't tell them, Mas did know both men, and their inquiries bring back painful memories of the atomic bomb that he would just as soon keep hidden. But when Joji's girlfriend is murdered and Yuki is arrested for the crime, Mas is forced to take action to unravel the crime which turns out to hinge on the tangled connections between the three old acquaintances. The title refers to the \"bachi\"—a Japanese term for the cosmic retribution that results from one's misdeeds—that prove key to unraveling the mystery.\n </p>\n <p>\n As the first book in the \"Mas Arai Mysteries\" series,\n <i>\n Summer of the Big Bachi\n </i>\n introduces the other key characters besides Mas, including his close gambling buddy Haruo, his straitlaced Nisei friends Tug and Lil Yamada, and Wishbone Tanaka, the proprietor of a lawnmower shop where the old gardeners congregate. 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