Sins As Scarlet: 'In the heady tradition of Raymond Chandler and Michael Connelly' A. J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

Nicolás Obregón

07/2018 · Inspector Iwata Livro 2 · Penguin UK

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'In the heady tradition of Raymond Chandler and Michael Connelly' A. J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
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Former homicide detective Kosuke Iwata is on the run from his past . . .

Five years ago, he lost his family. Now he may have found his redemption.

Living in LA and working as a private detective, he spends his days spying on unfaithful spouses and his nights with an unavailable woman.

Still he cannot forget the family he lost in Tokyo.

But that all changes when a figure from his old life appears at his door demanding his help.

Meredith Nichol, a transgender woman and his wife's sister, has been found strangled on the lonely train tracks behind Skid Row.

Soon he discovers that the devil is at play in the City of Angels and Meredith's death wasn't the hate crime the police believe it to be. Iwata knows that risking his life and future is the only way to silence the demons of his past.

Reluctantly throwing himself back in to the dangerous existence he only just escaped, Iwata discovers a seedy world of corruption, exploitation and murder - and a river of sin flowing through LA's underbelly, Mexico's dusty borderlands and deep within his own past.
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'A dark, brutal ride through the underbelly of LA' Anthony Horowitz

'Masterpiece . . . you will love every minute' Jeffery Deaver

'A searing LA crime story, as poetic as it is brutal, as tender as it is disturbing' Tim Weaver

'Fresh and convincing . . . the dialogue is worthy of the great chronicler of LA's dark side, Raymond Chandler' Jake Kerridge

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British born of a Spanish father and a French mother, Nicolás Obregón grew up between London and Madrid. As a former travel writer, he gained extensive experience of Japan. While out there on assignment, he learned of the unsolved Miyazawa Family Murders, which informed his first novel, Blue Light Yokohama. It is also the focus of his Universal Audio true crime podcast, FACELESS. While writing his second novel, Sins As Scarlet, he volunteered in the Los Angeles youth incarceration system and underserved communities across East LA as a creative writing mentor. His short story, Colibrí, features in the anthology, Both Sides: Stories From the Border, nominated for an Anthony Award, while Blue Light Yokohama was nominated for the T. Jefferson Parker Award. Nicolás is currently working on his fourth novel and writing episodes for the podcast, Scotland Yard Confidential. He lives in Madrid.