RISING SUN
R120.00
On the 45th floor of the Nakamoto Tower in down town L.A., the new American headquarters of the powerful Japanese electronics corporation, a grand opening party is in full swing, celebrities from the film an music world mix with captains of industry and high powered Washington politicos.
On the 46th floor, the dead body of a beautiful young women is discovered. The investigation begins, Peter Smith, just one year on the job and John Connor, the Department’s expert on Japan, are the two ranking LAPD Liaison officers on the case. But even Connor’s fluency in the language and intimate knowledge of the Japanese temperament may not be enough. Because as they slowly, painstakingly peel back the layers of falsehood from the almost perfectly doctored security videos, they discover not only the identity of the killer but also an insidious web of bribery, corruption and extortion that reaches from Tokyo to Washington. Here in the committee chambers of Capitol Hill the fate of the already decimated electronics industry is being decided with the control of the most sophisticated technology as the fiercely coveted prize.
The high tension and highly informed science that have been the hallmarks of Michael Crichton’s best-selling novels, are dazzlingly combined in Rising Sun: at once a powerful murder mystery, a riveting insight into state of the art electronics , and a timely exploration into the now volatile condition of Japanese American relations
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