Joseph Mark Brewer: 6 books

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...