"Another great addition to the series and a great read for police procedural fans."
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Detective Hiroshi returns with another fast paced investigation. ‘Azabu Getaway’ by Michael Pronko is book 5 in the Detective Hiroshi series. In this investigation the forensic accountant is taken away from his desk and into the field to investigate the death of the CEO of Nine Dragons, a wealth management company. The case becomes more complicated with a second murder and the abduction of two young girls, daughters to one of Nine Dragon’s highly successful wealth managers. Firstly I loved the cover of this book, its limited colour palette is striking and its subtle illustration of the plot is well done. I have read one of the previous books in the series and ‘Azabu Getaway’ delivered the same style of fast-paced investigation, with Hiroshi and his team coming to investigate the darker underbelly of Japan’s rich and powerful. This being the 5th Detective Hiroshi book, it is assumed that the reader is already familiar with Hiroshi and his colleagues so, if you want to get to grips with the Detectives’ entire character arcs I would suggest starting the series at the beginning. However, you are more than able to follow the mystery at the forefront of the plot regardless of whether you’ve read past books and I think that the author’s choice to switch narrative perspective between Hiroshi and Patrick, the Nine Dragons wealth manager, really helps with this. Expertly integrating family ties and Japanese culture, ‘Azabu Getaway’ is a complex case that kept me guessing throughout. Another great addition to the series and a great read for police procedural fans.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador
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After the murder of a high-flying executive in one of Tokyo’s wealth management firms, Detective Hiroshi finds himself investigating the financial schemes that secure the money of Tokyo’s elite investors. His forensic accounting gets sidetracked, though, by a second murder and the abduction of two girls from the home of a hotshot wealth manager. The abducted girls are the daughters of an international couple who seemed to have it all—a large apartment in the high-end Azabu district, top schools for the children, and a life of happy affluence. Their life falls apart and they are swept up in threats and pursuits for reasons they cannot fathom. Tracking the money and tracking the two daughters leads Hiroshi into Tokyo’s murky financial past and outside Japan’s borders as he discovers how overseas investments and tax shelters are really managed. Hiroshi works with Sakaguchi and Takamatsu and others on the homicide team, including an assertive new detective, as they confront greed and violence in one of the wealthiest cities in the world.
Azabu Getaway features in the following genres: Indie Author Books, Indie Books We Love, Crime and Mystery, Political / Legal Thrillers, Recommendations, Fiction, Thriller and Suspense
Azabu Getaway is available in Ebook (Epub)
Azabu Getaway was written by Michael Pronko and published by Raked Gravel Press
£6.49
