SNOW FALLING ON THE CEDARS

Carl, a fisherman in the waters off Washington state, has been found dead, drowned in his own nets, but with a serious head wound. Post-war anti-Japanese sentiments are still running high, and the local Japanese community provides a murder suspect in the form of Kazuo, another fisherman, who had a grudge against Carl’s family. Ishmael, the small town’s newspaperman, may have the information that would acquit Kazuo, but can he ever put his jilted love for Kazoo’s wife aside?