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In the third book in “what will likely be a long and successful series” (San Francisco Magazine), Japanese antiques dealer and PI Jim Brodie goes up against the CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security—and a killer operating on both sides of the Pacific.

In recognition for his role in solving the Japantown murders in San Francisco, antiques dealer and sometime-PI Jim Brodie has just been brought on as the liaison for the mayor’s new Pacific Rim Friendship Program. Brodie in turn recruits his friend, the renowned Japanese artist Ken Nobuki, and after a promising meeting with city officials and a picture-perfect photo op, Brodie and Nobuki leave City Hall for a waiting limo.

But as soon as they exit the building, a sniper attacks them from the roof of the Asian Art Museum. Quick thinking allows Brodie to escape, but Nobuki ends up hospitalized and in a coma. Brodie soon realizes that, with the suspicious and untimely death of Nobuki’s oldest son a week earlier in Napa Valley, someone may be targeting his friend’s family—and killing them off one by one.

Suspects are nearly too numerous to name—and could be in the United States or anywhere along the Pacific Rim. The quest for answers takes Brodie from his beloved San Francisco to Washington, DC, in a confrontation with the DHS, the CIA, and the FBI; then on to Tokyo, Kyoto, and beyond, in search of what his Japanese sources tell him is a legendary killer in both senses of the word—said to be more rumor than real, but deadlier than anything else they’ve ever encountered if the whispers are true.

PACIFIC BURN by Barry Lancet

It is a little difficult for me to admit when I have missed a noteworthy debut, but the reality is that I just can’t read them all. With that said, it seems like I am playing a catch up game in my approach to “what to read next.”

VJ Books in general, and more specifically Virginia and Evan, are the force behind BlogTalk Radio’s “Modern Signed Books” broadcast. Each week they are producing a program that interviews today’s best authors. Virginia has been directing my reading toward books by those author’s scheduled for the show. That’s how I came to read PACIFIC BURN by Barry Lancet.

PACIFIC BURN is the third book by Barry Lancet to feature Jim Brodie, who spends part of his time running Brodie Investigations, based in Tokyo, and the rest operating a gallery in San Francisco – his specialty, Japanese art. In this book Brodie finds himself up to his neck in a plot that has a uniquely skilled assassin targeting his friend, renowned Japanese artist, Ken Nobuki and his family.

As Brodie searches for answers he follows a path from California to Washington D.C. and finally to Japan to face a legendary assassin, The Steam Walker, more deadly that anyone he has ever faced. With a killer operating on both sides of the Pacific, Brodie unwinds a mystery that has him running up against agents of the FBI, the CIA, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Bestselling author Nelson Demille says it best, “Pacific Burn is a page-turning, globe-spanning tale of murder, suspense, and intrigue that grabs and holds your attention from beginning to end. Barry Lancet is truly a gifted author, and his character of Jim Brodie is unlike any private investigator you’ve ever encountered in literature.”

So what next? Why JAPANTOWN and TOKYO KILL of course!

JAPANTOWN was Lancet’s debut, winning the Barry Award for Best First Mystery Novel, and was named a "Best of 2013" by Suspense Magazine.

"Lancet successfully places a PI in an international thriller plot in his highly entertaining debut . . . Readers will want to see more of the talented Jim Brodie, with his expertise in Japanese culture, history, and martial arts." - Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review

The second book in the series, TOKYO KILL, was a finalist for a Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel.
"Tokyo Kill, the second exciting Jim Brodie crime thriller by Barry Lancet, is an impressive novel of spirited adventure and edgy intrigue. It's obvious Lancet has firsthand knowledge of Japan and has done extensive research regarding the historical elements. This, along with realistic characterization and notable plot development, makes Tokyo Kill a dynamic read." - Fresh Fiction Review

From now on I’ll be reading them in order, and I can’t wait to see what Brodie faces next.

- John, VJ Books