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Winner Mystery Independent Press Award (2023)
Finalist SPR Book Awards (2023)
Gold Award Literary Titan (2023)
Editor's Choice [...] (2023)
After the suspicious deaths of a seventy-something woman and a student recluse, Detective Hiroshi tracks down a gang of scammers who target retirees, robbing them of their pensions, life savings, and even the deeds to their homes. Hiroshi teams up with Detective Ishii, who's been running a women's crime task force. Together, they find out who has been ripping off the pensions, life savings, and deeds to homes in shitamachi, the older, eastern side of the city.
With his personal life on hold (almost), Hiroshi finds out how complex the traditional life of Tokyo still is. With old-school Detective Takamatsu and ex-sumo wrestler Chief Sakaguchi watching his back, he finds out who's behind the scams, and who's behind the scammers.
"Pronko's knowledge of Japanese life is simply extraordinary-with painstaking care, he limns its shadowy contours and ambiguities. An absorbing drama conveyed with incisive intelligence."-Kirkus Reviews
Shitamachi Scam is the sixth book in the Tokyo-based Detective Hiroshi series by award-winning author Michael Pronko.
Winner Mystery Independent Press Award (2023)
Finalist SPR Book Awards (2023)
Gold Award Literary Titan (2023)
Editor's Choice [...] (2023)
After the suspicious deaths of a seventy-something woman and a student recluse, Detective Hiroshi tracks down a gang of scammers who target retirees, robbing them of their pensions, life savings, and even the deeds to their homes. Hiroshi teams up with Detective Ishii, who's been running a women's crime task force. Together, they find out who has been ripping off the pensions, life savings, and deeds to homes in shitamachi, the older, eastern side of the city.
With his personal life on hold (almost), Hiroshi finds out how complex the traditional life of Tokyo still is. With old-school Detective Takamatsu and ex-sumo wrestler Chief Sakaguchi watching his back, he finds out who's behind the scams, and who's behind the scammers.
"Pronko's knowledge of Japanese life is simply extraordinary-with painstaking care, he limns its shadowy contours and ambiguities. An absorbing drama conveyed with incisive intelligence."-Kirkus Reviews
Shitamachi Scam is the sixth book in the Tokyo-based Detective Hiroshi series by award-winning author Michael Pronko.
Michael also runs the website, Jazz in Japan, which covers the vibrant jazz scene in Tokyo and Yokohama. During his 20 years in Japan, he has written about Japanese culture, art, society and politics for Newsweek Japan, The Japan Times, and Artscape Japan. He has read his essays on NHK TV and done programs for Nippon Television based on his writings.
A philosophy major, Michael traveled for years, ducking in and out of graduate schools, before finishing his PhD on Charles Dickens and film. He finally settled in Tokyo as a professor of American Literature at Meiji Gakuin University. His seminars focus on contemporary novels, short stories and film adaptations.
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| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Krimis & Thriller |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 348 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781942410317 |
| ISBN-10: | 194241031X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Pronko, Michael |
| Hersteller: | Raked Gravel Press |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Michael Pronko |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.12.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,491 kg |
Michael also runs the website, Jazz in Japan, which covers the vibrant jazz scene in Tokyo and Yokohama. During his 20 years in Japan, he has written about Japanese culture, art, society and politics for Newsweek Japan, The Japan Times, and Artscape Japan. He has read his essays on NHK TV and done programs for Nippon Television based on his writings.
A philosophy major, Michael traveled for years, ducking in and out of graduate schools, before finishing his PhD on Charles Dickens and film. He finally settled in Tokyo as a professor of American Literature at Meiji Gakuin University. His seminars focus on contemporary novels, short stories and film adaptations.
More at:
[...]/
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| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Krimis & Thriller |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 348 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781942410317 |
| ISBN-10: | 194241031X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Pronko, Michael |
| Hersteller: | Raked Gravel Press |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Michael Pronko |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.12.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,491 kg |
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