A Clean Kill in Tokyo

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Clean Kill in Tokyo
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Barry Eisler
SeriesA John Rain Novel
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:274
Category/GenreThriller/suspense
ISBN/Barcode 9781477820803
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Amazon Publishing
Imprint Thomas & Mercer
Publication Date 14 October 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

Previously published as Rain Fall Name: John Rain. Vocation: Assassin. Specialty: Natural Causes. Base of operations: Tokyo. Availability: Worldwide. 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. "Eisler provides a cracklingly good yarn, well written, deftly plotted, and surprisingly appealing...Thomas Perry and Lawrence Block need not retire their hit men quite yet, but Eisler is clearly a challenger." -Boston Globe

Author Biography

Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA, then worked as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan, earning his black belt at the Kodokan International Judo Center along the way. Eisler's bestselling thrillers have won the Barry Award and the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year, have been included in numerous "Best Of" lists, and have been translated into nearly twenty languages. To learn more, please visit barryeisler.com.

Reviews

"Eisler provides a cracklingly good yarn, well written, deftly plotted, and surprisingly appealing... Thomas Perry and Lawrence Block need not retire their hit men quite yet, but Eisler is clearly a challenger." -Boston Globe "A hypnotic thriller...it's got it all." -James Ellroy