Shadows of Tokyo: A Reiko Watanabe/Inspector Aizawa Thriller

Tokyo, December 1931 As Japan expands its empire in China and unemployment ravages the economy, Police Inspector Kenji Aizawa receives an anonymous call about an imminent assassination of one of Japan’s leading statesmen. The secret informant is Reiko Watanabe, geisha mistress to the plot’s mastermind. Torn between honor and duty, Reiko and Inspector Aizawa must forge an unlikely alliance in order to stay one step ahead of Ryusaki and a fanatical Army officer as they uncover a shadowy conspiracy reaching into the upper echelons of government, finance, and even around the Imperial Throne itself.