Japanese-American journalist Lesli Hoshino uncovers a past of forbidden love, assassination, and the violence of clashing cultures while researching the life of Jiro Shimada, a powerful Japanese industrialist

The Imperial Way

Melville,James

David&Charles

When a businessman is killed by a falling chandelier, and a foreigner is found strangled at a fashion show, the old-fashioned but imperturbable Japanese detective, Superintendent Otani must unravel the mystery

Kimono for a Corpse (Otani, Bk 9)

Literature & Fiction

st.martins press

Superintendent Otani of the Kobe Prefectural Police finds his investigation of the murder of a foreign national complicated by the victim's unsavory brother and an upcoming general election

The Chrysanthemum Chain

St Martins Pr

While attending a ritualistic Japanese tea ceremony, Superintendent Otani becomes a witness to the shooting murder of the Grand Master

The Death Ceremony

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Death of a Daimyo

The deaths of two Arabs--the one a victim of a hit-and-run driver, the other an apparent suicide--leads Superintendent Otani through webs of deception

Go Gently, Gaijin

A clash of cultures, specifically, the Japanese taste for fugu fish and the Western delight in madrigal singing, lies at the heart of the unorthodox crime confounding Inspector Otani, whose investigation points to the guilt of one of his own aides

Sayonara Sweet Amaryllis

When a pretty young main is bludgeoned to death in the Old Library of Buckingham Palace just a week before George V's Silver Jubilee, no one is free from suspicion except, perhaps, the King himself. T.E.B. Clarke, the noted British screenwriter, has crafted a masterful mystery that is both a gem of police procedure and a fascinating candid look at the problems of running a palace. Stewards, footmen, chambermaids and the highest peers of the realm all swell the intricate and amusing scene. But behind the regal trappings wriggle the worms of blackmail, sex and murder.

A Sort of Samurai (Otani)

St.Martin's Press

When the body of a German businessman is found in a disused warehouse in the aftermath of a local earthquake, Superintendent Otani and his trusted detectives - the streetwise 'Ninja' Noguchi and the flamboyant Jiro Kimura - believe it to be a routine investigation, albeit into the murky side of Western behaviour. But the clues they uncover seem to point to corruption in the highly conservative Japanese establishment and Otani's personal and professional honour are called into question. Published in Japan as The Kobe Harbour Murder Case, James Melville's third novel was described by the critics as 'subtle and exotically flavoured'.

A Sort of Samurai

When Inspector Otani's impending retirement is soured by a marital spat and a sniper's bullet, the detective investigates the latter and discovers that the sniper may have something to do with the death of a prominent businessman.

The Body Wore Brocade

Erotica

Simon&Schuster

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