{"product_id":"the-moving-blade-detective-hiroshi","title":"The Moving Blade (Detective Hiroshi)","description":"Peace is a performance. Murder is the encore.\n\nWhen American diplomat Bernard Mattson is found dead in his Tokyo home—his stomach opened by a Japanese sword—Detective Hiroshi Shimizu is called to the scene. The diplomat's estranged daughter, Jamie Mattson, half-Japanese and half-American, arrives to collect her father's research manuscript—a document powerful enough to reshape U.S.-Japan, and indeed pan-Asian, relations. But the paper has vanished, the house is ransacked, and the killers are still in motion.\n\nTeaming up with his old-school mentor Takamatsu and ex-sumo enforcer Sakaguchi, Hiroshi dives into Tokyo's hidden layers: smoky back alleys, silent temples, diplomatic compounds, and small, hidden bars where loyalty is currency and truth is a luxury. The deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes—this case isn't just about one murder. It's about the invisible blade slicing through Tokyo's corridors of power.\n\nAs Hiroshi untangles lies and half-truths stretching from Washington to Shinjuku, he finds himself caught between duty and survival in a city where honor still kills. To bring justice to a man who may not deserve it, Hiroshi must face what justice really means when the system runs on silence.\n\nFor fans of Michael Connelly, Tana French, and Tokyo Vice, The Moving Blade delivers a tense, atmospheric crime thriller steeped in Japanese culture, international intrigue, and noir suspense.\n\nIn Tokyo, the past is present. And deadly.\n\nWinner of multiple international book awards\n\nBest Indie Mysteries and Thrillers Kirkus Reviews (2018)\nGrand Prize Winner Chanticleer International Book Awards Global Thrillers (2018)\nWinner Independent Press Award for Crime Fiction (2019)\nGold Award Literary Titan Book Award (2018)\nFive Star Honoree B.R.A.G. Medallion (2018)\nGold Award Independent Publisher Awards for Mystery (2019)\nSilver Medal Readers' Favorite for Thriller (2019)\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1942410166\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1942410166.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pronko, Michael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43667366576189,"sku":"BVV.1942410166.G","price":7.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1942410166-0.jpg?v=1790025798","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-moving-blade-detective-hiroshi","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}