Launch of Tethered

May 2026

 

Tethered - the first book in the Made in Japan series by Yoko 2 - is published this month by Dark Orient, a division of Tention Books. Yours truly has written the introduction to this noir crime novel set in modern-day Tokyo. It is available on Amazon worldwide from 30 May.

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Coffee shop owner Yumiko’s life unravels after a chance encounter with a stranger in a Tokyo hotel—an encounter that draws her into a world of secrecy and compulsion.
At the same time, Detective Chief Inspector Ichiro Noguchi’s lonely existence becomes threatened when he is approached by the enigmatic Yoko 2.
As the storylines converge, desire and violence intertwine, and the line between observer and participant blurs.