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Barry Lancet

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in cincinnatti, The United States

June 29

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Barry Lancet is the author of the award-winning international suspense series featuring Jim Brodie. The latest entry is THE SPY ACROSS THE TABLE (Simon & Schuster) and sends Brodie careening from Washington, D.C. and San Francisco to Japan, then on to South Korea, the DMZ, and the Chinese-North Korean border in a story that could have been ripped from today’s headlines. In one of the first advance reviews, Publishers’ Weekly said that “Lancet keeps the suspense high through the exciting climax.”

The previous entry in the series, PACIFIC BURN, explores the tragic aftermath of the Fukushima quake-tsunami disaster and the real reasons behind the nuclear melt down. JAPANTOWN, the first Brodie adventure, won the Barry Award for Best First Novel, ...more

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	The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi, Barry Lancet (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Deborah Boehm (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 2,276 ratings — published 1948 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japantown (Jim Brodie #1) 3.64 avg rating — 1,169 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tokyo Kill (Jim Brodie #2) 3.91 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder by Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (Editor), R.L. Stine (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Y.S. Lee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.54 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pacific Burn (Jim Brodie #3) 4.03 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spy Across the Table (Jim Brodie #4) 4.14 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writers Crushing COVID-19 by Lawrence Kelter (Editor), Lynn Chandler Willis (Goodreads Author), Barry Lancet (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aftershock: Artists Respond to Disaster in Japan by Adam Pasion, Sam Spina (Contributor), Noah Van Sciver (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 1 Issue 3 by Rick Ollerman, Barry Lancet (Goodreads Author), Patricia Abbott 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discipleship Explored: Handbook by Barry Cooper (2012-03-16) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Top Ten Mysteries Set in Asia

Need some ideas for new reading material? Check out what I consider the best mystery stories written that are set in Asia. Published in The Strand.

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