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A Rising Man Review & Abir Mukherjee Interview

May 11, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

A Rising Man Cover

Calcutta, 1919 – In the sweltering Indian heat, a British civil servant is found brutally murdered with a note shoved in his mouth. The note is a warning to the British – quit India or else. Thus begins A Rising Man, a historical murder mystery and the first in the Sam Wyndham series by Abir Mukherjee.

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Tagged With: Abir Mukherjee, Author Interviews, Book Reviews, historical fiction, mystery, Thrillers

Tokyo Kill Review & Barry Lancet Interview

April 23, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Tokyo Kill CoverFull of international intrigue, long-buried historical secrets, and criminal conspiracies, Tokyo Kill is a worthy follow up to Barry Lancet’s Japantown and Book 2 in the Jim Brodie series.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Barry Lancet, Book Reviews, Japan, Thrillers

The March Incident of 1931 – Japanese History

March 20, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

General Ugaki reviewing troops

1931 was an important year in Japanese history. Casual research of this era will have a brief overview of the invasion of Manchuria in September, and vague references to a coup d’état which put the Army in charge. In truth, there was no armed coup d’état in 1931, at least none that were successful. However, the March Incident (Sangatsu Jiken 三月事件) came close.

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Tagged With: Japan, Japanese History, Japanese Military

Sex Slaves of the Dragon Tong Review & F. Paul Wilson Interview

February 28, 2019 by Matthew Legare 1 Comment

Sex Slaves of the Dragon Tong by F Paul Wilson Cover

Sex Slaves of the Dragon Tong. With a title as lurid as that, how can you not be interested?

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, F Paul Wilson, Pulp, Yellow Peril

Tokyo Black Review & Andrew Warren Interview

January 31, 2019 by 2 Comments

Tokyo Black by Andrew Warren has everything that thriller readers like. A burned ex-CIA operative hiding out in Tokyo Black by Andrew Warrenexile. High-stakes geopolitical tension. A gang of villains ready to kill anyone to bring out their plans. And most importantly, lots of action.

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Tagged With: Andrew Warren, Book Reviews, Japan, Thrillers, Tokyo

The Revolt 動乱 (1980) Movie Review

December 31, 2018 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

The Revolt 動乱 (Doran) 1980 Movie Poster The Revolt 動乱 (Doran) is a Japanese movie from 1980 that seems like it was specifically made for me. It’s a sweeping historical drama set in 1930s Japan that deals with the internal politics of the Imperial Army and the two famous coup d’é tat attempts of 1932 and 1936.

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Tagged With: 1930s, Japan, movie reviews

The Tommy Gun Dolls Review & Dan Cooney Interview

November 30, 2018 by arthur 1 Comment

As previously mentioned, I love San Francisco, noir, and the 1920s. Speakeasies, gangsters, and flappers – theseTommy Gun Dolls Volume 1 by Daniel Cooney Cover might be clichés of the era but they’re what I love best about it. Wherever they appear, I’ll spend my money. Artist and writer Dan Cooney must have read my mind and created the Tommy Gun Dolls, a new graphic novel trilogy.

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Tagged With: 1920s, Author Interviews, comics, noir, San Francisco

7 Edogawa Ranpo Recommendations

October 29, 2018 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

Edogawa RanpoEdogawa Ranpo has become synonymous with Japanese horror and mystery fiction. Using a pen name based off of Edgar Allen Poe, (try saying it three times fast), the author Taro Hirai wrote many short stories and novels as Edogawa Ranpo (sometimes Romanized as Rampo). Like his namesake, Ranpo wrote mostly horror and mystery stories, basically introducing the genres into Japanese literature. While Ranpo has a plethora of material to choose from, here are my recommendations on where to start with his writing and films based off his work.

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Tagged With: Book Reviews, horror, Japan, Japanese fiction, mystery, Pulp

Blood on the Sun (1945) Movie Review

September 30, 2018 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

By April 1945, the war in Europe was winding down but hostilities in Asia showed no signs of ending in the near Blood on the Sun Posterfuture. Perhaps as an unconscious way to remind Americans that the fight against Japan wasn’t over yet, Blood on the Sun was released. It’s a surprisingly well-made thriller, with hints of noir, starring an impressive cast such as Sylvia Sidney, John Emery as the arch villain Baron Tanaka, and most of all, James Cagney.

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Tagged With: Japan, movie reviews, World War II

The Killing Time Review & MJ Lee Inteview

August 30, 2018 by arthur Leave a Comment

The Killing Time by MJ Lee cover1932 was an important year in Sino-Japanese relations. In March, the puppet state of Manchukuo was proclaimed, manufactured out of the conquered northeast region of Manchuria. It was also a momentous year for Shanghai when the city became a battleground. It’s on the verge of the undeclared war that we regroup with Inspector Danilov and Detective-Sergeant Strachan in The Killing Time, the fourth book in this series by MJ Lee.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, China, Shanghai, Thrillers

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