Tokyo Traffic
Detective Hiroshi Tokyo Series, Book 3
by Michael Pronko
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Pub Date 20 Jun 2020 | Archive Date 06 Jul 2020
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Description
Running from a life she didn’t choose, in a city she doesn’t know, Sukanya, a young Thai girl, loses herself in Tokyo. With her Bangkok street smarts, and some stolen money, she stays ahead of her former captors willing to do anything to recover the computer she took. After befriending Chiho, a Japanese girl living in an internet café, Sukanya makes plans to rid herself of her pursuers, and her past, forever.
Meanwhile, Detective Hiroshi Shimizu leaves the safe confines of his office to investigate a porn studio where a brutal triple murder took place. The studio’s accounts point him in multiple directions at once. Together with ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi and old-school Takamatsu, Hiroshi tracks the killers through Tokyo’s teen hangouts, bayside docks and crowded squares, straight into the underbelly of the global economy.
As bodies wash up from Tokyo Bay, Hiroshi tries to find the Thai girl at the center of it all, whose name he doesn’t even know. He uncovers a human trafficking ring and cryptocurrency scammers whose connections extend to the highest levels of Tokyo’s power elite.
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Featured Reviews
Surprisingly entertaining Japanese police procedural with an unlikely protagonist detective and full of Tokyo local color. The surprise is the way Japanese police conduct their investigations. Fast-paced, interesting and packed with cultural tidbits.
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I had not previously read this author, but as soon as I was finished this book (which is the third in the series) I checked out the first two from the library.
This book takes places in Tokyo. A triple murder at an adult film studio comes to the attention of Detective Hiroshi Shimizu. As the detectives begin their investigation a human trafficking ring comes to light. The team of detectives, and the human traffickers both begin to search for a missing witness to the crimes. The witness, a young Thai girl, struggles to evade both the police and the traffickers.
The story is fast paced and exciting. It is obvious that the author is familiar with Tokyo and this adds to the excitement as the police move around the city following up various leads. If you are a fan of quick moving detective stories, stories set in Asia, or a fan a fast-paced novel, don't miss out on this one.
Michael Pronko is an author to watch! Tokyo Traffic is a superb book that will keep you turning pages until the end!
This is the first Michael Pronko / Detective Hiroshi book I’ve read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The timely story about child trafficking in the porn business is told efficiently and moves at brisk pace but without a hurried attitude giving the narrative a very logical flow. Pronko’s characterization of Detective Hiroshi is right on, subtle and never overstated. All the supporting characters are written with superb finesse. Much of this book reminded me of the works of George Pelacanos. If you are a crime fiction lover, by all means don’t pass up Tokyo Traffic.