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The Little Tokyo Informant: A Novel
The Little Tokyo Informant: A Novel
The Little Tokyo Informant: A Novel
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An FBI agent scours LA’s criminal underground “in a noirish World War II–era thriller that’s rich in atmosphere” by the acclaimed author of Fear Itself (Kirkus Reviews).
 
Autumn, 1941. Special Agent Jimmy Nessheim is in Hollywood for two reasons: to consult on a movie being made about the Bureau, and to investigate a suspicious Russian payment to a Japanese bank. Jimmy taps his trusted informant, Billy Osaka, to look into the matter. But when Billy disappears, Jimmy’s California vacation turns into a dangerous chase with no time to lose.
 
His frantic search takes him through the dangerous streets of Little Tokyo and into a risky undercover gambit in Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The Little Tokyo Informant is another well-researched historical thriller from “a stirring successor to Frederick Forsyth” (The Independent).
 
“Rosenheim is even better this time out at melding interesting leads with a thrilling story line and vivid descriptions of such locales as L.A.’s Little Tokyo.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
 
“The ghosts of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler loom large.” —Kirkus Reviews
LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 4, 2014
ISBN9781468308402
The Little Tokyo Informant: A Novel
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Andrew Rosenheim

Andrew Rosenheim was born in Chicago and raised there and in Michigan. He attended Milton, Yale, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and has lived in England for the last thirty-five years. He worked in publishing for many years, at Oxford University Press, and then at Penguin Books, where he was the Managing Director of Penguin Press. He has written for many publications, including the Times Literary Supplement, The Times, the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Independent, The New York Times Book Review, and the Spectator. The author of eight novels, including The Informant and Fear Itself, and a memoir, The Secrets of Carriage H. Rosenheim lives with his wife and twin daughters near Oxford.

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