{"product_id":"tokyo-traffic-9781942410195","title":"Tokyo Traffic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Tokyo, street smarts aren't always enough.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGold Medallion\u003c\/strong\u003e Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) (2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLong-listed\u003c\/strong\u003e Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book (2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewer's Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e Feathered Quill Book Awards (2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner \u003c\/strong\u003eThriller Independent Press Award (2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner \u003c\/strong\u003eThriller National Indie Excellence Awards (2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Runner-Up\u003c\/strong\u003e Eric Hoffer Award 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSukanya, a young Thai girl, escapes into Tokyo. With her Bangkok street smarts, she stays ahead of traffickers willing to do anything to recover the computer she took when she fled a murder scene. After befriending Chiho, a Japanese girl living in an internet caf?, Sukanya tries to rid herself of her pursuers, and her past, forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Hiroshi Shimizu leaves the safe confines of his office to investigate a triple murder at a porn studio. The studio's accounts point him in multiple directions at once. Together with ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi and old-school Takamatsu, Hiroshi tracks the killers through Tokyo's teen hangouts, bayside docks, and crowded squares, straight into the underbelly of the global economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs bodies wash up from Tokyo Bay, Hiroshi tries to find the Thai girl whose name he doesn't even know. He uncovers trafficking rings and cryptocurrency scammers whose connections extend to the highest levels of Tokyo's power elite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate hardboiled crime novel.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-Best Thrillers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTokyo Traffic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the third book in the Tokyo-based Detective Hiroshi series by award-winning author Michael Pronko.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePronko, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Pronko is a Tokyo-based author who writes in three genres-murder, memoir and music. He has written about Japanese culture, art, jazz, society, architecture and politics for Newsweek Japan, The Japan Times, Artscape Japan, as well as other publications. He has appeared on NHK and Nippon Television doing video versions of his essays. He runs his own website, Jazz in Japan (www.jazzinjapan.com). He teaches American Literature and Culture (novels, film, art and music) at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo and after discussing Kurt Vonnegut or Jackson Pollock in class is in the right frame of mind to wander Tokyo contemplating its intensity.","brand":"Raked Gravel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726821658898,"sku":"9781942410195","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3484b517-b4de-4553-8581-7705cc4833af.jpg?v=1734885042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tokyo-traffic-9781942410195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}