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By Barry Lancet
| Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Off the Shelf
Barry Lancet's first mystery-thriller, Japantown, was the result of more than two
decades living in Japan as an expat American. The novel was named Best Debut
of the Year by Suspense Magazine, nominated for a Barry Award, and optioned
for television by J. J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions. His next installment
in the Jim Brodie series, Tokyo
Kill,
is already receiving similar recognition and praise. We asked Lancet to
recommend some other works set in the Land of the Rising Sun. Here’s what he
said:
What is it about Japan that makes it such a great setting for a
mystery or thriller? I think I know the answer: it’s that Japan, like a great
novel, has its secrets—and rewards those who ferret them out.
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