Gripping but not great

(Thriller) At a Japanese-owned building in Los Angeles, a woman is found dead. Two detectives must pass through a whole series of cultural barriers to solve this mystery. Lots of twists and turns, but I didn't find it so amazing. Generally entertaining, but the language was too much for me.

Potentially offensive material: Continuous strong language, some violence and sex (brief but quite graphic)

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Making the main characters easy to relate to was one of the only good parts of this book. Having a partner who knew everything before it happened and quite possibly knew the murderer before they questioned anyone made this book boring and hard to continue reading. His lack of detail was disappointing and over use of characters left me wondering whom he was talking about throughout the story. His constant twists and his change in events was annoying to say at the least. I wouldn't recommend this book to even someone who enjoys mystery and murder books. Along with not being amazing it also left a bad impression on Japanese Americans and made you question if he was a racist. With all of the racial remarks and suggestive comments it portrayed Americans themselves in a bad light making them in general look racist and unfair. While it does give a good insight into the business world and how it works along with giving insight into the history and future of industry I still found it confusing and more the most part a bore.

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Making the main characters easy to relate to was one of the only good parts of this book. Having a partner who knew everything before it happened and quite possibly knew the murderer before they questioned anyone made this book boring and hard to continue reading. His lack of detail was disappointing and over use of characters left me wondering whom he was talking about throughout the story. His constant twists and his change in events was annoying to say at the least. I wouldn't recommend this book to even someone who enjoys mystery and murder books. Along with not being amazing it also left a bad impression on Japanese Americans and made you question if he was a racist. With all of the racial remarks and suggestive comments it portrayed Americans themselves in a bad light making them in general look racist and unfair. While it does give a good insight into the business world and how it works along with giving insight into the history and future of industry I still found it confusing and more the most part a bore.