People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--And the Evil That Swallowed Her Up (Audiobook)

from katherinesayre

Fascinating look inside the Japanese criminal court system. As a former crime/courts reporter, I connected with many of Parry's observations in covering a high-profile missing person/murder case -- the intense pressure on victims' families in how their grief should appear in public, for example, ...

from Jan.Stinus.Nielsen

This is such a good read. Thrilling, unheimlich, fascinating, disgusting and intriguing. It's a story about the disappearance of a young British woman in the bizarre vortex of the Tokyo water business (the term used for a variety of adult or not so adult goings on). But it's also - and perhaps ev...

from Braden_Timss

People Who Eat Darkness was an incredibly intriguing account of not only Lucy Blackman's murder, case and murderer - but also a great insight into some aspects of Japanese culture that you, the Westerner, may not know. Richard Loyd Parry creates an addictive pace with this book and it was at time...

from dbsovereign

A gritty tale of mayhem set in Tokyo that features Tony Blair and either a bumbling police force or one bought off by other forces. It is also shows a family torn apart by the murder of a woman in the wrong place at the wrong time. And all set in a land where crime is virtually nonexistent. Spoil...

from shanaelyse

A real 360-degree view of Tokyo's typically well-hidden world of hostessing and the Lucie Blackman case. Parry painstakingly captures the actions and reactions of all the parties involved in Lucie's life (and death), from her parents to the police superintendent who oversaw the investigation of L...