Shitamachi Scam

<p><strong>In Tokyo, there isn't always respect for older people. Sometimes, it's the opposite.</strong></p><p><strong>Winner </strong>Mystery Independent Press Award (2023)</p><p><strong>Finalist </strong>SPR Book Awards (2023)</p><p><strong>Gold Award</strong> Literary Titan (2023)</p><p><strong>Editor's Choice</strong> AudiobookBlog.com (2023)</p><p>After the suspicious deaths of a seventy-something woman and a student recluse, Detective Hiroshi tracks down a gang of scammers who target retirees, robbing them of their pensions, life savings, and even the deeds to their homes. Hiroshi teams up with Detective Ishii, who's been running a women's crime task force. Together, they find out who has been ripping off the pensions, life savings, and deeds to homes in&nbsp;shitamachi, the older, eastern side of the city.</p><p>With his personal life on hold (almost), Hiroshi finds out how complex the traditional life of Tokyo still is. With old-school Detective Takamatsu and ex-sumo wrestler Chief Sakaguchi watching his back, he finds out who's behind the scams, and who's behind the scammers.</p><p>"Pronko's knowledge of Japanese life is simply extraordinary-with painstaking care, he limns its shadowy contours and ambiguities. An absorbing drama conveyed with incisive intelligence."<strong><em>-Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Shitamachi Scam</em></strong> is the sixth book in the Tokyo-based Detective Hiroshi series by award-winning author Michael Pronko.</p>