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"Tokyo Police Inspector (on leave) Shunsuke Honma receives a request from his banker nephew Jun to retrieve his fiancee, a beautiful young office worker he knows as Shoko Sekine. A routine application for a credit card on her behalf was refused because her name was blacklisted due to bankruptcy, and she disappeared without a word after being told.
As Honma investigates her circumstances, he finds out that the people who know her (in person and/or name) have conflicting views of her. Honma's deduced motive for the escape: the woman didn't know about her own bankruptcy, because she wasn't Shoko Sekine at all but an impostor who had taken her name over. In a tight, controlled democratic society as Japan is, this (if not voluntarily) could only be accomplished either by coercion, fraud... or murder.
More than just a simple who-done-it, this book offers an amazing insight into how the Japanese civil identification process, as well as the credit card acquisition process worldwide, works, and offers you thoughts on possible solutions. Even without the yakuza and other such undesirable things and people you'd find only in societies like Japan, you'd certainly not want to go carelessly into investing on credit cards and loans after you read this."
Sergio Mendoza, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, American
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is....
- commit white collar fraud or con
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- vigilante getting revenge
Mostly a criminal POV story
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, dangerous (like New York)
- dangerous
- wealthy
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- diced
- flamed
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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