Barry Eisler John Rain Series: Books 1-2: A Clean Kill in Tokyo & A Lonely Resurrection (A John Rain Novel)

John Rain is a skilled assassin with a unique talent for death by "natural causes." He is available worldwide, but resides in Tokyo.

He is half American and half Japanese, making him an expert in both cultures but at home in neither.

He is the best killer money can buy, but he wants out of the killing business.

An old nemesis from the Japanese national police force comes to him with a new job - eliminate Murakami, a killer even more fearsome than Rain himself.

Aided by an achingly desirable half Brazilian, half Japanese exotic dancer, Rain pursues his quarry through underground no-holds-barred fight clubs, mobbed-up hostess bars, and finally into the heart of a shadow war between the CIA and the yakuza.

The distinctions between friend and foe and truth and deceit are as murky as the rain-slicked streets of Tokyo.

Will Rain be able to complete his mission and escape the dangerous world he is in?