{"product_id":"the-moving-blade-michael-pronko-9781942410164","title":"The Moving Blade","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the top American diplomat in Tokyo, Bernard Mattson, is killed, he leaves more than a lifetime of successful Japan-American negotiations. He leaves a missing manuscript, boxes of research, a lost keynote speech and a tangled web of relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his alluring daughter, Jamie, returns from America wanting answers, finding only threats, Detective Hiroshi Shimizu is dragged from the safe confines of his office into the street-level realities of Pacific Rim politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith help from ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi, Hiroshi searches for the killer from Tokyo's back alley bars to government offices, through anti-nuke protests to the gates of an American naval base. When two more bodies turn up, Hiroshi must choose between desire and duty, violence or procedure, before the killer silences his next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Pronko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942410166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942410164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Raked Gravel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2018 pg. 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndie Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019 pg. 48","brand":"Michael Pronko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050016207103,"sku":"9781942410164","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f44fcd1d-e254-4a2d-b68a-0b12c0bb4880.jpg?v=1685004711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-moving-blade-michael-pronko-9781942410164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}