Japan Thriller

A murdered princess. A buried secret. A spy with one chance to stop a war. 1975. The Empire of Japan never fell—and neither did its ghosts. When a royal assassination shatters the illusion of order, disgraced intelligence officer Major Suzuki Wataru is pulled back into the field. His mission: uncover the truth—or take the fall. In the decaying shadows of Manchukuo, Suzuki’s only ally is Lieutenant Park Ji-won, a sharp Korean operative with secrets as deep as the Empire’s own. Together, they follow a trail of betrayal that could fracture the global balance of power between Imperial ...

Japanese-American Rei Shimura is a 27-year-old English teacher living in one of Tokyo's seediest neighborhoods. She doesn't make much money, but she wouldn't go back home to California even if she had a free ticket (which, thanks to her parents, she does). Her independence is threatened, when a getaway to an ancient castle town is marred by murder. Rei is the first to find the beautiful wife of a high-powered businessman, dead in the snow. Taking charge, as usual, Rei looks for clues by crashing a funeral, posing as a bar-girl, and somehow ends up pursued by police and paparazzi alike.

Clancy plunges hero Jack Ryan into nonstop high adventure, as two seemingly unrelated occurrences being a chain of events that will stun the world...

Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin. Genius, mystic, master of language and culture, Hel's secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection: shibumi.

“A deliciously twisted thriller that blends culinary obsession with moral horror . . . This novel savors excess, class, and complicity . . . and leaves you squirming.”—Dua Lipa’s Service95 What would you do for a seat at the table? They will kill me soon, Edward Cook thinks. And when the...

The first three books in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series packaged together. What would you do if you could travel back in time? Discover the internationally bestselling novels of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, now a worldwide phenomenon and BookTok sensation...

A summer on a remote US air base in Okinawa is the last place teenager Kyle Taylor wants to be. Trapped in the oppressive heat and the even more oppressive silence of his father’s empty guest quarters, he’s a prisoner of paradise. But when he falls in with a group of military brats who know the island’s secrets, Kyle discovers a new, more dangerous kind of prison. Deep in the off-limits jungle lies a sealed Japanese command bunker, a tomb untouched since the final days of World War II. Lured by the thrill of exploring a place no one has entered for eighty years, the teens break the ...

Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why... Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist - and the daughter of his latest kill.

"For much of her life, sixteen-year-old Makai Akira had been alone and alienated by those around her. Shunned by her peers, bullied at school, and overburdened with chores at home, her life was truly miserable. That all changed for her when she met Asano Tomoe, a new face in their small town. The two quickly became friends, though their newfound friendship would soon be put to the test. Following a tragic incident at their school, Akira found herself accused of murder. Armed with the truth of what happened, she’s now faced with a decision; return to her old, lonely life, or forge ahead, ...

In 1945, America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead, the unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered, Japanese fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame - their aim: to take America down with them.

In Osaka in 1973, the body of a murdered man is found in an abandoned building. Investigating the crime, Detective Sasagaki is unable to find the killer. Over the next 20 years, through the lens of a succession of characters, Higashino tells the story of two teens, Ryo and Yukiho, whose lives are most affected by the crime, and the obsessed detective, Sasagaki, who continues to investigate the murder, looking for the elusive truth.

A wandering swordsman who seeks peace. A fugitive shinobi running from shadows. A deeply scarred woman, chasing a ghost. Three travelers, bound by fate, walk a path of vengeance, redemption, and fate. But when the wind shifts, revealing truths long buried, they must each ask themselves— Is revenge worth the price of one’s soul? A story of honor and betrayal, destiny and free will, violence and restraint, The Way of the Wind is a haunting journey through Feudal Japan, where the past lingers like a blade’s edge and the road ahead is never truly free of ghosts.

During the National High School Cultural Festival ceremony, Yoshiyuki Shimizu - the current Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and a literary giant - was fatally stabbed by a man who rushed out from backstage. The arrested suspect, 37-year-old Akatsuki Nagase, began publishing his memoirs in a weekly magazine following his arrest.

"Having fallen to the many mistakes she made in Nirasaki, Makai Akira now finds herself living a mundane life in Tokyo, devoid of any meaning. She now struggles to survive each night in Shinjuku as a hostess in dead-end clubs, surrounded by questionable guests and cruel bosses. However, this boring life quickly changes once she crosses paths with a man, Aoyama Ryusuke. On the surface, she sees him as a wealthy businessman, though she soon discovers that there's more to him than meets the eye. Making what could be the worst mistake of her life, Akira insists that Aoyama allow her to work for...

Sam and Remi Fargo search for a legendary lost city in this thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo have heard many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of...

Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid...

"After avoiding accusations of murder, life for Makai Akira had become everything she’d ever wanted; Daily routines, friends to hang out with, not to mention a loving girlfriend. With the school semester coming to a close and the New Year just around the corner, Akira took it upon herself to introduce a new challenge to her life, work. Taking up a job in the kitchen of a local restaurant, Akira soon finds herself surrounded by many unique individuals, two of whom stand out from the rest. Ketsueki Mao, a server who’s polite and beloved by all, and her jerk of a coworker, Kobayashi Eishi,...

"Conflicted amidst the web of lies she'd spun for herself, Asano Kaori felt hopeless and constrained, even within her own life. Trapped in a loveless relationship with a murderer, an uncertain future, and burdened with guilt that she could not hope to escape, it was as if fate itself had turned a blind eye to her. That all changed when one of Kaori's lies led to her girlfriend, Makai Akira, introducing two new positive figures into their circle of friends; an athletic upperclassman, Izaki Shinji, and his jokester friend, Nguyen Hien. Though not all is well below the surface, as feelings of ...

The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas—Juan Cabrillo. Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous...

The Once and Future King returns in this modern day young adult action and adventure novel. If you are familiar with the legends and have seen the excellent movie "Excalibur," then this is the sequel to those events. Sixteen year-old Brian Braddock is having visions of a time long lost, a time and place that he feels somehow strangely connected to. As he strives to figure out what is happening to him he meets a man who reveals himself to be the legendary sorcerer Merlin, he who was the mentor and advisor to one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. Merlin informs Brian that he ...