{"product_id":"mami-suzuki-private-eye-9789815058895","title":"Mami Suzuki: Private Eye","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I'd travel with Mami Suzuki anywhere in Japan.\" --Naomi Hirahara, author, \u003c\/i\u003eClark and Division \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Single mother and straight-talking private eye Mami Suzuki takes cases the Kobe police have little time for and proves that quick wits and compassion solve mysteries faster  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beneath the sheen of its orderly streets and obedient populace, all is not well in the port city of Kobe. Business is as brisk as the Haru-ichiban spring breeze for Mami Suzuki, a hotel clerk by day, a private investigator by night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who's stealing from Japan's biggest pearl trader? Where's the master sushi chef and why are his knives missing? How did the tea ceremony teacher's brother really die? And what does an island of cats have to do with a pregnant Shinto shrine maiden? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Kobe wharves to the rugged Japan Sea coast, the subtropics of Okinawa, and a remote island community in the Seto Inland Sea, each new adventure ends with a universal truth-that there are two sides to every story of misfortune.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789815058895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Simon Rowe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397784469685,"sku":"9789815058895","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c6b4f7d7-8edb-4070-925a-b0369c31aa4b.jpg?v=1702394454","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mami-suzuki-private-eye-9789815058895","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}