{"product_id":"mami-suzuki-private-eye-paperback","title":"Mami Suzuki: Private Eye - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Rowe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I'd travel with Mami Suzuki anywhere in Japan.\" --Naomi Hirahara, author, \u003c\/i\u003eClark and Division \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Single mother and straight-talking private eye Mami Suzuki takes cases the Kobe police have little time for and proves that quick wits and compassion solve mysteries faster  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beneath the sheen of its orderly streets and obedient populace, all is not well in the port city of Kobe. Business is as brisk as the Haru-ichiban spring breeze for Mami Suzuki, a hotel clerk by day, a private investigator by night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who's stealing from Japan's biggest pearl trader? Where's the master sushi chef and why are his knives missing? How did the tea ceremony teacher's brother really die? And what does an island of cats have to do with a pregnant Shinto shrine maiden? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Kobe wharves to the rugged Japan Sea coast, the subtropics of Okinawa, and a remote island community in the Seto Inland Sea, each new adventure ends with a universal truth-that there are two sides to every story of misfortune.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Rowe \u003c\/b\u003eleft the green hills of New Zealand for the big sky country of Australia when he was sixteen years old. At twenty-one, he set out for the world and somehow managed to fund his travels by photographing and writing about them. He has lived in Japan for more than twenty-five years, winning numerous awards for his short fiction and screenplays, including \u003ci\u003eGood Night Papa\u003c\/i\u003e (2013 Asian Short Screenplay Contest) and\u003ci\u003e Pearl City: Stories from Japan and Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e (2021 Best Indie Book Award). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His stories about Japanese life and culture have appeared in T\u003ci\u003ehe Paris Review, the New York Times, TIME\u003c\/i\u003e (Asia), \u003ci\u003ethe South China Morning Post, The Straits Times, The Australian, \u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Australian Financial Review. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696016691263,"sku":"9789815058895","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/475fe735152af774a71b194e54e0134c.webp?v=1765005912","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mami-suzuki-private-eye-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}