{"product_id":"the-informer-isbn-9781569472439","title":"The Informer","description":"When he loses his job as a trader after the stock market crashes, Shigeo Segawa is offered lucrative work as an industrial spy. How could he say no? He is soon assigned to seduce an ex-girlfriend and steal an important formula from her husband, who runs a large chemical company. But when the husband is found murdered, Segawa becomes the prime suspect.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Informer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intricate . . . The reader is left in suspense until the end.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Takagi’s just-the-facts-ma’am pace brings us swiftly to a clever and surprising conclusion.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"There are many webs and one or more deadly spiders spinning them in this intricate tale of deceit and murder.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Informer \u003c\/i\u003e. . . offers the reader an intriguing insight into life in a post-World War II Japan.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Crimespree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Akimitsu Takagi\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A delightful, different book, not only because of its unusual setting  and premise, but because Takagi is a powerful plotter and constructor of  fascinating, complex characters.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Takagi’s factional environment is reminiscent of the postwar photos of  Tadahiko Hayashi, who captured telling images of demobbed soldiers, bars  set up on garbage pits, bicycle rickshaws, smoking street waifs  and  striptease joints. More than a mere novel, Takagi has left us a document  of the times.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Japan Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intricate, fantastic, and utterly absorbing. More, please.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAkimitsu  Takagi (1920–1995) studied engineering at Kyoto University and later  worked for the Nakajima Aircraft Company. Over the course of his writing  career, he published fifteen popular mysteries and won the Japan  Mystery Writers Club Award.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305203159269,"sku":"NP9781569472439","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569472439.jpg?v=1767739936","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-informer-isbn-9781569472439","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}