Mark Brewer: 16 books

As Mark Brewer explains in his introduction, "Beer is one of the oldest beverages known to man . . . and woman! In fact women were the first brewers since one of their primary responsibilities involved cooking. Years ago beer was considered a food as well as a drink. Beer provided many of the calories...

It was classified as an overdose. Or was it? Setsuko Usami, the wife of a top Bank of Japan economist, is found dead in her bathroom. The police report points to an accidental drug overdose. Government officials want to keep the death under wraps to avoid scandal. But when the toxicology report...

A Tokyo back alley is no place to die A beautiful young Japanese woman is dead. The crime is sure to grab headlines. But a respected police inspector's secret might keep her killer from justice. All Tokyo Police Inspector Shig Sato wants is to work a case. After three years in exile...

Murder. Arson. Revenge. Accused of being an accomplice in an insurance fraud scheme that leads to murder, former police inspector Shig Sato begins his own investigation to clear his name and free the hapless Kobayashi twins. He soon discovers an autistic boy knows everything about a...

An American officer is missing. A mutilated body is found in Tokyo Bay. Are they linked? For Shig Sato, the answers never come easy. News of a body with no head and no hands found floating in Tokyo Bay sparks Former Tokyo police Inspector Shig Sato's cop instincts -- who is the victim? Who...

A serial killer striking terror in Tokyo. A TV reporter determined to get the big story. A young detective on the biggest case of his career. And a man trapped by his demons, unable to break free from a cycle of death and destruction. Shig Sato had no plans to get involved in the search for a serial killer, until all the signs pointed to a case he never could forget.

A thieving bank president. A loan shark for a son. A plan to skip town with $4 million. As if. Just when Shig Sato thought he was finished with the Fujimori crime syndicate, a promise leads Sato into the depths of greed, deceit, and murder. Sato's enemies want to pin the crimes on him. Can he solve...

Talk of politics in the United States today is abuzz with warring red and blue factions. The message is that Americans are split due to deeply-held beliefs—over abortion, gay marriage, stem-cell research, prayer in public schools. Is this cultural divide a myth, the product of elite partisans? Or...

The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result,...

New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...

Written in a sharp and lively manner that will interest and engage students, this classic text provides comprehensive coverage of all elements of parties and elections in the United States, including local, state, and national party organizations; American party history and party systems; state and...

The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider — a candidate with no previous governmental experience and mixed support from his own party — won the election by winning in traditionally Democratic...

Dynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics. Parties and the politicians that comprise them seek control of government in order to implement their visions of proper public policy. To gain control parties need to...

Party affiliation has long been the driving force behind electoral politics in the United States. Despite this fact, scant attention has been devoted to the American electorate’s party images—the "mental pictures" that individuals have about the parties which enable citizens to translate...