The Sleeping Dragon (Hardcover) by Miyuki Miyabe, Deborah Iwabuchi

from birksland

While not the most ingenious mystery, I found The Sleeping Dragon still an enjoyable book. The characters are likable and it's a quick read. The paranormal plot adds a little something to keep readers hooked when the story gets slow in the middle of the book (but it picks up nicely at the end.)

from cameling

If you like dark Japanese thrillers, this is one to pick. A journalist picks up a teenage hitchhiker in the pouring rain and drives over a manhole cover that's been removed. Upon stopping, he gets out, finds a little yellow umbrella and then comes upon an elderly gentleman looking for his young g...

from kakadoo202

enjoyable but halfway through the book, the main focus of the story cahnges to a completely different subject and I wanted rather to have it more focus on the first part.