{"product_id":"mami-suzuki-private-eye","title":"Mami Suzuki: Private Eye","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the sheen of its orderly streets and obedient populace, all is not well in the port city of Kobe. Business is as brisk as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaru-ichiban\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espring breeze for Mami Suzuki, hotel clerk by day, private investigator by night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho’s stealing from Japan’s biggest pearl trader? Where’s the master sushi chef and why are his knives missing? How did the tea ceremony teacher’s brother really die? And what does an island of cats have to do with a pregnant Shinto shrine maiden?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Kobe wharfs to the rugged Japan Sea coast, the subtropics of Okinawa, and a remote island community in the Seto Inland Sea, each new adventure ends with a universal truth – that there are two sides to every story of misfortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimon Rowe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eleft the green hills of New Zealand for the big sky country of Australia when he was sixteen years old. At twenty-one, he set out for the world and somehow managed to fund his travels by photographing and writing about them. He has lived in Japan for more than twenty-five years, winning numerous awards for his short fiction and screenplays, including \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood Night Papa\u003c\/i\u003e (2013 Asian Short Screenplay Contest) and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePearl City: Stories from Japan and Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e (2021 Best Indie Book Award). His stories about Japanese life and culture have appeared in The Paris Review, the New York Times, TIME (Asia), the South China Morning Post, The Straits Times, The Australian, and the Australian Financial Review. He has a black belt in \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eiaido\u003c\/i\u003e (sword quick-drawing), a passion for sea kayaking, and an itch for adventure he never seems able to scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46507767071017,"sku":"9789815058895","price":24.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/MamiSuzukiPrivateEye-Penguin.jpg?v=1693990607","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/mami-suzuki-private-eye","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}