{"product_id":"tokyo-kill-a-jim-brodie-thriller-9781451691733","title":"Tokyo Kill: A Jim Brodie Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a \"sophisticated international thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) from \"a fresh voice in crime fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), antiques dealer-turned-PI Jim Brodie takes on an elusive group of killers hunting for a long-lost treasure with a dangerous history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter wading through the tragedy of San Francisco's Japantown murders, struggling antiques dealer Jim Brodie is back in Japan for a well-earned vacation. But checking in at the PI firm Brodie inherited from his father, he immediately acquires a new case: a Japanese World War II veteran shows up and spins a dark story connected to the war and a pair of violent home invasions committed in the Tokyo only days earlier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrodie agrees to provide protection for the old warrior, but soon an unexpected murder shocks him and his crew, and they begin a wild ride through the worlds of war atrocities, Japanese kendo clubs, the backstreets of Yokohama's unfathomable Chinatown, and Chinese spies. With the crusty PI Noda at his side, Brodie pokes around where he's not wanted, and when a friend is delivered up to him in pieces Brodie is once again running for his life--while seeking the answers he needs to save it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarry Lancet \"imbues \u003ci\u003eTokyo Kill\u003c\/i\u003e with a vivid sense of Japan, from sections of Tokyo that only a native would know about the meticulous research into the country's history and legends...Lancet hit the ground running...with his superb debut, \u003ci\u003eJapantown\u003c\/i\u003e, and continues that winning streak with \u003ci\u003eTokyo Kill\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\/\u003c\/i\u003eAP).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLancet, Barry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Barry Lancet is a Barry Award­-winning author and finalist for the Shamus Award. He has lived in Japan for more than twenty-five years. His former position as an editor at one of the nation's largest publishers gave him access to the inner circles in traditional and business fields most outsiders are never granted, and an insider's view that informs his writing. He is the author of the Jim Brodie series: \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Across the Table\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePacific Burn\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTokyo Kill\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJapantown\u003c\/i\u003e, which received four citations for Best First Novel and has been optioned by J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot Productions, in association with Warner Brothers. Visit Lancet at BarryLancet.com or on Twitter @BarryLancet.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337416478994,"sku":"9781451691733","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3a45179-7754-45bf-9f21-d0f36cbc3e81.jpg?v=1727962350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tokyo-kill-a-jim-brodie-thriller-9781451691733","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}