Barry Eisler(a Fellow FG who used to work as a lawyer in Japan) has a new John Rain book coming out in a few weeks. "Rain Fall" and "Hard Rain" were pretty decent reads. He's not shy on his web site with the reviews.
New book is called "Rain Storm". I think you get the picture on the trend in titles.
Japanese-American hit man John Rain returns for a third outing in RAIN STORM. This time he’s in Brazil, trying to leave his old life behind, until the CIA convinces him to take out an arms dealer who’s working in Southeast Asia. It’s a profitable job and should be a simple one, but Rain finds himself working against a second assassin, and events conspire to make him wonder whether this final assignment might be one big trap.
I liked the first two which were set primarily in Tokyo and a bit in Osaka. Don't know what the relocation to Asia will be like.
I met the guy in Japan and he is a good bloke. He did a whole slew of interviews with rags like Japan Times, Metropolis and Japanzine even though the additional sales from that coverage were never going to be big.
