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The 4th book in the Burns Brannion Kill me series

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Tale of Burns Bannion, private detective and karate expert in Tokyo Japan 1958, as he navigates the Tokyo Underworld in pursuit of a girl named Mitsuko on behalf of a recently dead client.

Filled with color and colorful characters. Inspired a whole series of Burns Bannion books, including, Kill Me In Shinjuku and Kill Me in Roppongi. Pulp fiction. A cross between Mickey Spillane and Raymond Chandler, it is rough around the edges. Nice depiction of the era.

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