{"product_id":"the-japanese-corpse-isbn-9781569470572","title":"The Japanese Corpse","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fifth Amsterdam Cops mystery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful waitress at Amsterdam’s most elegant Japanese restaurant reports that her boyfriend, a Japanese art dealer, is missing. The police search throughout the Netherlands and finally locate a corpse. But to find the killer, the commissaris and de Gier must travel to Japan and match wits with a \u003ci\u003eyakuza\u003c\/i\u003e chieftain in his lair.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Japanese Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Van de Wetering] has a genuine gift for characterization . . . The villains are the \u003ci\u003eyakuza\u003c\/i\u003e, Japan’s Mafia, who of course have their own extralegal culture with its warriors, taboos, codes, and pretty girls. The author obviously knows the methods of his florid villains very well.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What atmosphere! Elegant! Satisfying!” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The ending is slambang!” \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJanwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including \u003ci\u003eOutsider in Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Corpse on the Dike\u003c\/i\u003e; the short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Sergeant’s Cat\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, which garnered him the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; and ten other books in the Amsterdam Cops series.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300465037541,"sku":"NP9781569470572","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569470572.jpg?v=1767739997","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-japanese-corpse-isbn-9781569470572","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}