Tokyo Kill A Thriller Author:Barry Lancet In the second thriller of this new series from ?a fresh voice in crime fiction? (Kirkus Reviews), antiques dealer-turned-P.I. Jim Brodie matches wits with an elusive group of killers chasing a long-lost treasure that has a dangerous history. — After wading through the tragedy of the San Francisco Japantown murders, antiques dealer Jim Brodie is b... more »ack in Tokyo, this time for a well-earned vacation. But when he checks in at the PI firm he inherited from his father, Brodie is immediately set upon by an old World War II veteran who?s seeking personal protection. He shares with Brodie a dark story connected to the war and a pair of violent home invasions committed in the Japanese capital only days earlier.
Brodie agrees to provide security, but the job barely begins before an unexpected murder takes him on a wild ride through the worlds of kendo sword fighting, the Chinese Triads, war-time atrocities, cunning spies, and a gang of killers intent on finding a stash of long-lost artifacts.
The second book in ?what will likely be a long and successful series? (San Francisco Magazine), Tokyo Kill brings back protagonist Jim Brodie: ?a complex figure with a genuine personal history, at once blessed with extensive expertise in his chosen fields and dogged by the kind of emotional conflicts common to the human experience? (Washington Independent Review of Books).« less
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