Tokyo Zangyo - Pronko, Michael
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In a city built on endless overtime, some people clock out for good. When a senior executive dives from the rooftop of a media empire, the fall is written off as another casualty of "zangyo"-Japan's notorious overtime culture. But Detective Hiroshi knows better. He's seen how the city chews up people and calls it business. To the suits upstairs, it's an unfortunate headline. To Hiroshi, it's a message. His investigation drags him through a maze of neon and nicotine: lavish hostess clubs, empty conference rooms, and ledgers that hide more than numbers. With his mentor, Takamatsu, and the stolid…mehr

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In a city built on endless overtime, some people clock out for good. When a senior executive dives from the rooftop of a media empire, the fall is written off as another casualty of "zangyo"-Japan's notorious overtime culture. But Detective Hiroshi knows better. He's seen how the city chews up people and calls it business. To the suits upstairs, it's an unfortunate headline. To Hiroshi, it's a message. His investigation drags him through a maze of neon and nicotine: lavish hostess clubs, empty conference rooms, and ledgers that hide more than numbers. With his mentor, Takamatsu, and the stolid Sakaguchi, Hiroshi follows the money, the favors, and the silence. Every lead brings him closer to the darkness at the heart of Japan Inc.-a system that rewards loyalty and work, work, work, while burying the truth under a mountain of paperwork. From the Marunouchi boardrooms to the Shinjuku backstreets, polite smiles mask quiet threats. Secrets are traded over whiskey. And somewhere between the late trains and the last drink, Hiroshi realizes he's not just solving a case-he's staring down the machinery that keeps Tokyo alive. Tokyo Zangyo is more than a murder mystery. It's a descent into the shimmering darkness of modern Japan: a world of ambition, desperation, and corporate ghosts. Every clue drags Hiroshi closer to the truth-that Tokyo's most dangerous killer might not carry a weapon at all. Beneath the work deadlines, something deadly lurks. Winner Mystery of the Year BestThrillers.com (2021) Gold Medal Reader's Favorite Mystery (2022) Gold Medallion Book Readers Appreciation Group (2021) Gold Award Literary Titan Book Award (2021) Silver Award Independent Publisher Awards IPPY (2022) Silver Medal Global eBook Awards for Mystery Fiction (2022) Bronze Award Reader Views Literary Awards (2021-2022)
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Michael Pronko is a Tokyo-based writer of murder, memoir and music. His writing about Tokyo life and his character-driven mysteries have won awards and five-star reviews. Kirkus Reviews selected his second novel, The Moving Blade for their Best Books of 2018. The Last Train won the Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book. Michael also runs the website, Jazz in Japan, which covers the vibrant jazz scene in Tokyo and Yokohama. During his 20 years in Japan, he has written about Japanese culture, art, society and politics for Newsweek Japan, The Japan Times, and Artscape Japan. He has read his essays on NHK TV and done programs for Nippon Television based on his writings. A philosophy major, Michael traveled for years, ducking in and out of graduate schools, before finishing his PhD on Charles Dickens and film. He finally settled in Tokyo as a professor of American Literature at Meiji Gakuin University. His seminars focus on contemporary novels, short stories and film adaptations. More at: michaelpronko.com/ facebook.com/pronkoauthor twitter.com/pronkomichael instagram.com/michaelpronko