In Tokyo, there isn’t always respect for older people. Sometimes, it’s the opposite.
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.
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Shitamachi Scam
“The pacing of this story is pitch-perfect, and the conflicts are well-conceived and executed. It’s a simple story told in intricate layers. But even in the gritty storytelling, you get a sense of positivity. He makes Tokyo come to life for readers who are curious about the city and wonder what it’s like there.”
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Excellent thoughtful treatment of how real estate developers manipulate the system to unduly profit in creating modern Tokyo whilst distancing themselves from the underlying criminal ugliness at expense of the older historical Tokyo. Author skillfully develops a myriad of characters navigating the interplay between elderly innocents, skateboarders, law enforcement, and low level scumbags. Female characters abound in their respective roles on both sides of the law while they attempt to keep the men in line and out of trouble.
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“The pacing of this story is pitch-perfect, and the conflicts are well-conceived and executed. It’s a simple story told in intricate layers. But even in the gritty storytelling, you get a sense of positivity. He makes Tokyo come to life for readers who are curious about the city and wonder what it’s like there.”