Barry Lancet Knihy

Japanese antiques dealer and PI Jim Brodie faces a deadly adversary in a gripping tale of murder and intrigue. Recently appointed as the liaison for the mayor’s Pacific Rim Friendship Program, Brodie recruits renowned Japanese artist Ken Nobuki. After a successful meeting, their celebration is shattered when a sniper targets them as they leave City Hall. Brodie suspects that the recent suspicious death of Nobuki’s oldest son in Napa Valley may be connected, indicating a threat to Nobuki’s family. With a multitude of suspects potentially spanning the Pacific Rim, Brodie embarks on a perilous journey for answers. His investigation leads him from San Francisco to Washington, DC, where he confronts the DHS, CIA, and FBI, and then on to Tokyo and Kyoto. There, he seeks information about a legendary killer, rumored to be both myth and reality, yet deadly if the whispers hold any truth. In this thrilling installment of the series, the stakes are higher than ever, promising an exhilarating experience for readers.

"Struggling San Francisco antiques dealer Jim Brodie is back in Japan. After wading through the tragedy of the Japantown murders, he and his daughter have returned for a well-earned vacation. Checking in at the P.I. firm he inherited from his father, he's startled by the arrival of an old World War II veteran and his son. The father has come explicitly to see Brodie, and offers up a dark story connected to the war and a pair of violent home invasions committed in the Japanese capital only days earlier. Brodie takes a liking to the old soldier and agrees to provide protection, one of the services Brodie Security supplies. An unexpected murder soon shocks Brodie and his crew, and Brodie begins a wild ride through the worlds of kendo, the Triads, war atrocities, the backstreets of Yokohama's unfathomable Chinatown, Chinese spies, and an elusive group of killers after a long-lost treasure with a murky and dangerous history. 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"--

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. When an elderly World War II veteran shows up unannounced at Brodie Security begging for protection, the staff thinks he’s just a paranoid old man. He offers up a story connected to the war and to Chinese Triads operating in present-day Tokyo, insisting that he and his few surviving army buddies are in danger. Fresh off his involvement in solving San Francisco’s Japantown murders, antiques dealer Jim Brodie had returned to Tokyo for some R&R, and to hunt down a rare ink painting by the legendary Japanese Zen master Sengai for one of his clients—not to take on another case with his late father’s P.I. firm. But out of respect for the old soldier, Brodie agrees to provide a security detail, thinking it’ll be an easy job and end when the man comes to his senses. Instead, an unexpected, brutal murder rocks Brodie and his crew, sending them deep into the realm of the Triads, Chinese spies, kendo warriors, and an elusive group of killers whose treachery spans centuries—and who will stop at nothing to complete their mission.

Mein Name ist Jim Brodie. Ich bin in Tokio aufgewachsen, lebe in San Francisco und verbringe meine Zeit vor allem damit, antike Vasen zu reparieren. Ab und zu helfe ich der Polizei. Heute Nacht haben sie mich nach Japantown gerufen. Eine japanische Familie wurde auf brutale Weise hingerichtet. Doch das ist nicht alles. Am Ort des Verbrechens fand ich ein japanisches Schriftzeichen – dasselbe Zeichen, das vor drei Jahren bei meiner ermordeten Frau entdeckt wurde. Dies wird der Fall meines Lebens, der Fall, den ich lösen muss, koste es, was es wolle ...