The Green Samurai
by Brian Shea and Ty Hutchinson
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Pub Date Feb 28 2023 | Archive Date Feb 14 2023
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Description
When a violent turf war between rival Yakuza clans exposes a burgeoning black market gun trade in Tokyo, FBI profiler Sterling Gray must hunt a shadowy criminal mastermind.
After a brutal battle for supremacy between opposing Yakuza syndicates goes south, gun violence explodes in the Tokyo underground and quickly spreads throughout the city. Desperate to curb the influx of firearms, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is forced to seek help from Interpol.
Special Agent Sterling Gray is adept at taking down international fugitives…but in the world of the Yakuza, being a foreigner paints a target on his back. Teaming up with TMPD investigator Mariko Tamura, the pair are tasked with profiling the invisible ringleader behind the complex arms trafficking network.
But as a clearer picture of their quarry begins to take shape, the details just don't seem to add up. The culprit is poised to slip through their fingers, and Gray can’t escape the feeling that he's missing something critical. If he wants to uncover the truth, he’ll have to seek help from the unlikeliest of allies—and put his mind and combat skills to the ultimate test.
Because in a city with enemies around every corner, any mistake can be fatal.
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 448228
Thank you to the publisher, the authors and Net Galley for providing this advance copy of the book. This was my first foray into the Sterling Gray story, and I truly enjoyed this book. I would be curious to know how much research the authors did into Japanese and yakuza culture as I felt much of it was spot on. Sterling's intrepid work and the well paced action made this a truly enjoyable one sitting read and earns a 5-star from me. I look forward to delving deeper into Sterling Gray's other stories.
Hikari C, Reviewer
A pacy thriller pairing an FBI agent and a TMPD officer investigating a yakuza feud. The action is mainly in Tokyo but moves to unspecified locations near Kobe as well. The settings are well evoked and just enough explanation is given for those who've not been to Japan to follow what's happening.
Shea and Hutchinson avoid the usual cliché of a male-female detective pairing becoming romantic (although they do end up in several hotel rooms together) and they complement each other well, each being prepared to use unorthodox methods to achieve results. The book also has a lovely lack of swearing or grisly details - proof that neither are needed if the story is strong enough.
Highly recommended and I'll look forward to the next one in the series.
Michael B, Reviewer
This is the fourth book in the Sterling Gray FBI Profiler series and is set in Japan. Sterling is still on loan to Interpol and is beginning to wonder if he will ever get posted back to the USA when he gets a call from his supervisor telling him to get ready to go to Japan to assist the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in stemming the flow of firearms into Japan.
A violent attack by one of the two rival Yakuza factions leaves many dead in it's wake and millions on edge. Sterling is brought in to help Mariko Tamura, the TMPD investigator and he soon finds out that he is the one in the corsshairs.
The more he investigates, the more things do not make sense and if you hesitate or a make a mistake, it could be your last one.
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