Tokyo Traffic

<p><strong>Running from a life she didn't choose in a city she doesn't know. </strong></p><p></p><p>In the glow of Tokyo's endless neon three bodies lie in a studio-one of them still breathing. Detective <strong>Hiroshi Shimizu</strong> is called from his desk and thrown into a case that spirals through the city's darkest arteries. What begins as a brutal multiple murder soon leads him into the sleek deadly machinery of <strong>human trafficking</strong> <strong>cryptocurrency laundering</strong> and the people who profit from both. </p><p></p><p>Somewhere in the chaos a teenage girl named <strong>Sukanya</strong> has vanished-taking with her a stolen laptop that could expose an empire of exploitation. Hunted through Tokyo's alleys hostess bars and freight docks she's the only witness who can unravel a web that stretches from the city's glittering skyline to its deepest shadows. </p><p></p><p>With his steadfast mentor <strong>Takamatsu</strong> and the ever-formidable <strong>Sakaguchi</strong> Hiroshi follows the trail through brothels disguised as clubs hackers' dens pulsing with code and offices that reek of power and denial. Every lead points to the same truth: in Tokyo <strong>traffic</strong> isn't just cars and trains-it's people. Bought sold erased.</p><p>As time runs out Hiroshi faces a city where justice is negotiable and survival comes at a cost. To save the girl-and himself-he must navigate the blurred lines between victims and killers cops and criminals truth and the lies Tokyo tells itself. </p><p></p><p><strong><em>Tokyo Traffic</em> is</strong> a relentless noir thriller that rips through the heart of modern Japan-where technology hides sin compassion is dangerous and power profits from the powerless.</p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p><strong>Awards & Recognition</strong></p><ul><li><ul><li><strong>Gold Award</strong> - Literary Titan (2020)</li><li><strong>Gold Medallion</strong> - Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) (2020)</li><li><strong>Reviewer's Choice</strong> - Feathered Quill Book Awards (2020)</li><li><strong>Winner - Thriller</strong> - Independent Press Award (2021)</li><li><strong>Winner - Thriller</strong> - National Indie Excellence Awards (2021)</li><li><strong>Silver Medal</strong> - Reader's Favorite Fiction Mystery Murder</li><li><strong>Silver Winner - Thriller and Suspense</strong> - Foreword Indies (2020)</li><li><strong>Bronze Award</strong> - Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Awards (2020-2021 Mystery/Thriller)</li></ul></li></ul><p></p>