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  • Published: 2 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405926904
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

Blue Light Yokohama



A hauntingly atmospheric debut thriller from a stunning young talent

Inspector Kosuke Iwata, newly transferred to Tokyo's homicide department, is assigned a new partner and a secondhand case. It's complicated and grisly - a family of four murdered in their own home by a killer who painted a hideous black sun on the ceiling before he left in broad daylight - and Iwata's progress is thwarted in the unlikeliest of places.

Fearing corruption among his fellow officers, tracking a killer he's sure is only just beginning his career and trying to put his own life back together, Iwata knows time is running out before either he's taken off the case or there are more killings . . .

  • Published: 2 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9781405926904
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

About the author

Nicolas Obregon

British born of a Spanish father and a French mother, Nicolás Obregón grew up between London and Madrid. As a travel writer, Nicolás has had an extensive experience of Japan, but the beginning of his fascination with the country came from watching Japanese cartoons as a young boy. The inspiration for Blue Light Yokohama is easy to mark. During his first trip to Japan, Nicolás came across an article about a real-life crime which was to haunt him. Sixteen years after this atrocity, the case remains unsolved. Nicolás Obregón is a graduate of the acclaimed Birkbeck Creative Writing Masters course and a former bookseller for Waterstones.

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Praise for Blue Light Yokohama

'An outstanding debut' The most awaited books of 2017, Sunday Express Based on a real-life murder Blue Light Yokohama is set among Tokyo's glitteringly busy streets, where a family of four were killed in their own home. The first detective died trying to solve it. Now it is up to Inspector Iwata to unravel the truth . . .

from the Publisher's description

Taut and atmospheric with twists galore

Woman & Home

Obregón is a bright, sophisticated new voice in crime fiction: his writing sings at you, reverberates, makes you consider more than just the urgent clamour of his novel's well-hewn murder plot. In Inspector Iwata, he has created a quiet, troubled hero whom readers will be sure to follow from one disturbing, atmospheric story to the next

Benjamin Wood, author of, The Ecliptic

A twisty, highly entertaining thriller that pulls us into the heart of an unconventional hero as he fights corruption in the gritty, glittering world of Tokyo

Julia Heaberlin, author of Sunday Times bestseller, Black-Eyed Susans

Obregon's full-bodied prose is by turns gritty and poetic, and it's consistently energetic. Given the terrific chemistry between the two lead detectives, here's hoping this debut novel kicks off a new series

Kirkus Review

With its Japanese setting and characters, Blue Light Yokohama offers up a bold and refreshingly different take on the serial killer tale

Simon Beckett

Poetic, chilling and mesmerizing storytelling

Ragnar Jónasson, internationally bestselling author of, Snowblind

An outstanding debut

The most awaited books of 2017, Sunday Express

Refreshing. Engaging.

Daily Mail

Obregon balances the key components of modern detective fiction seamlessly... Blue Light Yokohama is nicely done for a first book; it's nicely done, period

Bookpage

With a labyrinthine plot and a likable protagonist, Blue Light Yokohama is a strong beginning to what promises to be an excellent series

The Guardian

This beautifully written debut takes readers on a captivating and atmospheric journey around Tokyo with plenty of twists to keep them gripped until the epic conclusion

Daily Express