{"product_id":"welcome-to-japans-dark-side-bertrand-puard-mcskyz-9784805319994","title":"Welcome to Japan's Dark Side!: Sensational True Crime Cases That Will Shock You","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to Japan's dark side--eight shocking true crime stories that will surprise you!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA serial rapist abducts and mutilates a young British woman (the infamous Lucie Blackman case). A beautiful model and aspiring actress is dismembered by her brother. A respected economist who moonlights as a prostitute is murdered by one of her clients in a sex bar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese and other notorious cases show that Japan is not only what it seems to be. Leading true crime podcaster Mcskyz peels back the surface of a well-ordered society to reveal its seedy underbelly--violent crimes that have gripped the nation and upended numerous lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn these gruesome accounts, readers meet Japan's most notorious criminals and the infamous cases that made them household names: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA futon salesman who defrauds, tortures and kills seven people\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMasumi Hayashi who feeds arsenic-laced curry to create a dinner of death \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Dark Web netizens who act out perverse fantasies in the real world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA robber who poisons twelve bank employees and then disappears in a bustling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tokyo Nagasaki elementary school is the site of a girl's shocking box cutter slashing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollow the evidence, shadow the detectives and discover the facts as each crime is revealed clue by clue. Learn about the perpetrator's past and psychology, then get a front-row seat in the dramatic court case that follows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese page-turning tales offer a fascinating but terrifying look at Japan's criminal underworld!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertrand Puard McSkyz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 4805319992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784805319994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bertrand Puard McSkyz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46825925673215,"sku":"9784805319994","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9f7a242-d209-4e94-85a5-e7c0f2e03d2f.jpg?v=1746074044","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/welcome-to-japans-dark-side-bertrand-puard-mcskyz-9784805319994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}