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Highlights
- In Tokyo, the past is present.
- Author(s): Michael Pronko
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
- Series Name: Detective Hiroshi
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About the Book
"When the top American diplomat in Tokyo, Bernard Mattson, is killed, he leaves more than a lifetime of successful Japan-American negotiations: he leaves a missing manuscript, boxes of research, a lost keynote speech, and a tangled web of relations. When his alluring daughter Jamie returns from America wanting answers, finding only threats, Detective Hiroshi Shimizu is dragged from the safe confines of his office into the street-level realities of Pacific Rim politics"--Back cover.Book Synopsis
In Tokyo, the past is present. And deadly.
Named One of Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Mysteries and Thrillers (2018)
Grand Prize Winner Chanticleer International Book Awards Global Thrillers (2018)
Winner Independent Press Award for Crime Fiction (2019)
When the top American diplomat in Tokyo, Bernard Mattson, is killed, he leaves more than a lifetime of successful Japan-American negotiations. He leaves a missing manuscript, boxes of research, a lost keynote speech and a tangled web of relations.
When his alluring daughter, Jamie, returns from America wanting answers, but finding only threats, Detective Hiroshi Shimizu is dragged from the safe confines of his office into the street-level realities of Pacific Rim politics.
With help from ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi, Hiroshi searches for the killer from Tokyo's back alley bars to government offices, through anti-nuke protests to the gates of an American naval base. When two more bodies turn up, Hiroshi must choose between desire and duty, violence or procedure, before the killer silences his next victim.
"Nail-biting!"-US Review of Books
The Moving Blade is the second book in the Tokyo-based Detective Hiroshi series by award-winning author Michael Pronko.
Review Quotes
"Nail-biting!"-US Review of Books
"A solid punch to the gut."-Chanticleer Reviews
"One of the year's best thrillers."-Best Thrillers
"Main characters come alive with intelligence, curiosity and imperfections."-Blue Ink Review
"This is a great crime novel."-Crime Fiction Lover