The Temple Dogs Author:Warren Murphy, Molly Cochran Two prominent families steeped in the underworlds of New York and Tokyo clash in a tale of hard-won family honor, dark secrets, death, and betrayal. — Inside Manhattan’s tony Inn on the Park, a bride and groom beamed with the promise of new beginnings. Moments later they were dead. — The murderer was the son a powerful Mafia family, Nick DeS... more »anto. The bride was Susi Haverford, an ethereal half-Japanese girl descended from a legendary, and lethal, Yakuza clan.
The only hope for justice is Susi’s brother Miles, a young lawyer who must quickly learn to channel the long-buried savage inside to survive the battle of a lifetime. He turns his back on the West and returns to Tokyo to submerse himself in the ancient deadly arts of his ancestors. His focus on retaliation is clear -- until he falls for a woman whose very existence threatens to undo all of his carefully laid plans.« less
After a bride and groom are gunned down by the Mafia, the bride's brother goes to Japan to learn to be a fearless warrior, so he can come back for revenge.