The Informer (original 1965; edition 1999)

by Akimitsu Takagi (Author), Sadako Mizuguchi (Translator)

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A Japanese novel on an industrial spy assigned to obtain a formula from a company. On the verge of success, having worked himself into the owner's good graces and the arms of his wife, the owner is murdered and the spy's problems begin.

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Member:	superdubey
Title:	The Informer
Authors:	Akimitsu Takagi (Author)
Other authors:	Sadako Mizuguchi (Translator)
Info:	Soho Press (1999), Edition: 1st U.S. Ed, Paperback
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Tags:	detective fiction, Soho Crime

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Shigeo Shigawa is hired at what seems to be his dream job at an extremely lucrative salary. He soon finds out that the job he has actually been hired for is to be an industrial spy, and the target company he is to spy on is owned by the family of his former best friend, who is now married to his former girlfriend. Nevertheless, he is able to reestablish a friendly relationship with his former friend, and all is going well until his friend turns up murdered, and Shigeo becomes the prime suspect.

This is a vintage Japanese crime novel. It was a pleasant diversion, an easy to follow police procedural. It did its job, and so I recommend it.

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The murderous evening rush hour seemed to have passed its peak.

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A Japanese novel on an industrial spy assigned to obtain a formula from a company. On the verge of success, having worked himself into the owner's good graces and the arms of his wife, the owner is murdered and the spy's problems begin.

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