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Matthew Legare - Thriller Author

Website for Matthew Legare, writer of historical, thriller, and noir novels, including the Reiko Watanabe/Inspector Aizawa series set in 1930s Japan.

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Reiko / Inspector Aizawa Noir Thrillers

Enter the world of 1930s Japan filled with intrigue, crime, and assassinations. Police Inspector Kenji Aizawa and the geisha Reiko Watanabe risk their lives to protect Tokyo against shadowy conspiracies. Shadows of Tokyo: Book 1 The first … Read More about Reiko / Inspector Aizawa Noir Thrillers

Latest Blog Posts

Japan’s Asian Allies – A Look at the Collaborationist Regimes of World War II
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Shanghai by Riichi Yokomitsu – a Japanese Novel of Interwar Shanghai
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About the Author

Matthew Legare lives and breathes writing. His Reiko Watanabe / Inspector Aizawa series is set in Japan during the 1930s. His passion for history and fiction have combined to tell stories set during the little known, but fascinating, events of the … Read More... about About the Author