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    Tokyo Kill: A Thriller
    Tokyo Kill: A Thriller
    Tokyo Kill: A Thriller
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    Tokyo Kill: A Thriller

    Written by Barry Lancet

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    In a “sophisticated international thriller” (The New York Times Book Review) from “a fresh voice in crime fiction” (Kirkus Reviews), antiques dealer-turned-PI Jim Brodie takes on an elusive group of killers hunting for a long-lost treasure with a dangerous history.

    After 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.

    Brodie 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.

    Barry Lancet “imbues Tokyo Kill 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, Japantown, and continues that winning streak with Tokyo Kill” (The New York Times/AP).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 9, 2014
    ISBN9781442370180
    Author

    Barry Lancet

    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: The Spy Across the Table; Pacific Burn; Tokyo Kill; and Japantown, 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.

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    • 4/5
      This book was just a nice combination of art, spy, action, mob all meshed up together… and that ending was a head spinner
    • 5/5
      TOKYO KILL BY BARRY LANCET is the second book in the series as well as the second book of his I've read. I read the first book and thought wow the author cant top this but in TOKYO KILL he did manage to top it. Mr. Lancet writes a book that hits the ground running. Fast paced, and twists and turns that keeps you off balance to the very end. Jim Brodie, mild mannered antique dealer & kick ass owner of a Japanese detective agency gets mixed up with the worst of the worst, the triads who are gang members on steroids when it comes to killing and maiming. His client a WWII Japanese officer who is the triads target. This Jim Brodie series is a must read for thriller lovers. I recieved this book free in exchange for a honest and unbiased review.
    • 4/5
      Even better than the first book, more action, but it was less superhuman especially for an antiques dealer. The book again obviously takes place in Tokyo but it also goes to America and beyond.
      Thankfully the daughter has a much smaller role in this book.
    • 5/5
      Tokyo Kill (A Crime Fiction Thriller)By: Barry LancetSimon & Shuster Pages. 330 September 2014Copy Courtesy of The Reading Room Reviewed by: tkAn imaginative non-stop thrilling action adventure. The pages will turn so fast that the book is finished, and leaves you wanting more…Jim Brodie is owner of Brodie Security Detective Agency, deals with antiquities and collectables, a single father raising a young daughter, but also seems to collect his own series of unfortunate events along the way to solving an international hidden treasure hunt. The unrelenting talent, research and personal experience this author brings to the reader is astounding. The descriptive narration is so complete that you can see it in your mind eye as the events take place. The many talents of Jim Brodie are endless, yet believable. Along with his supporting cast of colorful characters, they will take you on an incredible journey. Barry Lancet offers you a unique look at his personal travels, his knowledge of the Japanese culture, collectibles, and historical references are what really places this story in a class of its own. Sit back and enjoy! 5/5
    • 4/5
      While Japantown takes place primarily in the US, Tokyo Kill is predominately set in Japan, with a thoughtful look into its past. Having the mystery set among something that the Japanese don’t like to talk about lends a familiarity about the subject to foreign readers. Top it off with plenty of action, characters that aren’t infallible and an exciting finale, Lancet will leave you wanting more.Free review copy.