{"product_id":"unknown-male-9781405936217","title":"Unknown Male","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE GRIPPING STORY OF LIES AND MURDER HAUNTING THE DARKEST CORNERS OF TOKYO, SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE 2020 OLYMPICS . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Japan-set noir doesn''t get any darker or more twisted than this'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times Crime Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Masterpiece'' \u003c\/b\u003eJEFFERY DEAVER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''A stunning achievement'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCRIME TIME\u003c\/i\u003e, BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003cbr\u003e ________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHe is a completely unremarkable man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho wears the same black suit every day.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoards the same train to work each morning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd arrives home to his wife and son each night.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut he has a secret.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe likes to kill people.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExiled detective Kosuke Iwata is asked back to the neon-drenched streets of Tokyo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn English exchange student has been murdered, the Olympics are just days away and those high up want this case closed fast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Kosuke Iwata is not a man to be hurried. What he doesn''t realise is tha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapan-set noir doesn't get any darker or more twisted than this\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times Crime Club *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe plotting is impressively done. It's a brilliant novel and a fitting end to a brilliant trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e * NB Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eObregón is\u003cb\u003e the most atmospheric of writers \u003c\/b\u003eand evokes local landscapes and moods with diamond-like as well as dreamy precision and the three simultaneous plots advance with \u003cb\u003eclockwork-like and relentless efficiency \u003c\/b\u003eand won't allow the reader a moment's respite. \u003cb\u003eA stunning achievement \u003c\/b\u003ethat should raise the author's profile to crime's Premier league or there is no justice in this world * Crime Time, Book of the Month *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding novel from start to finish, possibly the best book I've read this year. An entrancing thriller that lures you into the dark secrets of the neon streets of Tokyo. Riveting\u003c\/b\u003e * The Courier, Book of the Week *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Nicolás Obregón\u003c\/b\u003e * - *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarrowing and gripping. An astute police procedural\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Switching between LA, Mexico and Tokyo both Iwata's present and past are cleverly interwoven in \u003cb\u003ea truly heart-rending climax\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh and convincing . . . the dialogue is worthy of the great chronicler of LA's dark side, Raymond Chandler.\u003c\/b\u003e But really, Obregon's writing has \u003cb\u003ea unique flavour all of its own\u003c\/b\u003e, wherever his books are set -- Jake Kerridge * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSins as Scarlet\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing LA crime story, as poetic as it is brutal, as tender as it is disturbing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Tim Weaver *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThanks to the excellent Iwata, you get a gripping mystery with a real conscience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Sunday Sport *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the heady tradition of Raymond Chandler and Michael Connelly, Sins as Scarlet lays bare the bruised heart and broken soul of Los Angeles. Extraordinary stuff\u003c\/b\u003e: a diabolically clever police procedural, a wrenching character study, and a merciless chronicle of a city in decay. \u003cb\u003eI'm awestruck.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- A. J. Finn, author of international bestseller * THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark, brutal ride through the underbelly of LA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * ANTHONY HOROWITZ *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e - that's the only way to describe \u003ci\u003eSins as Scarlet\u003c\/i\u003e. Obregón's brilliant novel is, at once, \u003cb\u003ea classic noir, a psychological thriller and a riveting examination-sometimes dark, sometime moving to the point of tears--of life in a less-than-angelic Los Angeles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * JEFFERY DEAVER *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvocative, perceptive writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Sunday Time Crime Club *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis bleak, richly descriptive and haunting thriller walks of the wild side of Los Angeles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Peterborough Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA brace of cutting-edge themes are threaded into the abrasive narrative . . .  It is a combustible mix, but as in the earlier \u003ci\u003eBlue Light Yokohama\u003c\/i\u003e, the author has the full measure of his difficult material. With his vividly evoked Mexican and LA settings [he] delivers a \u003cb\u003epacey, page-turning thriller, \u003c\/b\u003ebut the underlying seriousness gives real texture. Iwata is a richly drawn, conflicted hero, and this is another savage journey into the dark heart of America * Barry Forshaw, Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eObregón keeps the unpredictable plot of \u003ci\u003eSins As Scarlet\u003c\/i\u003e churning with \u003cb\u003emyriad surprises that are grounded in believability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Mail Online *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836797174103,"sku":"9781405936217","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405936217.jpg?v=1710382794","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unknown-male-9781405936217","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}