"The premise for Death in Little Tokyo is that mystery enthusiast Ken Tanaka belongs to the L.A. Mystery Club and he's setting up a role-playing mystery for the group, in which he plays a hard-boiled P.I. When a beautiful woman hires him as a go-between, he immediately assumes someone is playing a joke. Unfortunately, the murder that follows is no joke. Good local color and interesting details about modern Japanese-American customs and rituals."

A very classic detective in style, even if Tanaka is no real detective, but gets only hired as such for doing a small job. I also enjoyed learning more about Japanese American history and customs. This copy looks like it's signed by the author.
09/12: Res. for Mystery & Thriller VBB. A bit of world winds for fans of classic detective/noir fans, then again this one isn't too dark, so it might even please the fans of the 'cozy' fans too...

On the way in mail to eicuthbertson, who picked the book from bookstogive's mystery & thriller VBB! I hope you enjoy it. I liked in this book especially learning about many things Japanese-American and (their plus anyone's) history. (And talking about Japanese-American... wouldn't George Takei make an awesome president?)

Safe journey little book - I hope you'll make many new friends on your travels!

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Interesting! I will for sure look for more by this author. A fun premise, with a serious mystery.

Releasing at Seconds! the Lower Mainland Bookcrossing Meetup.