Shigeo Shigawa is hired at what seems to be his dream job at an extremely lucrative salary. He soon finds out that the job he has actually been hired for is to be an industrial spy, and the target company he is to spy on is owned by the family of his former best friend, who is now married to his former girlfriend. Nevertheless, he is able to reestablish a friendly relationship with his former friend, and all is going well until his friend turns up murdered, and Shigeo becomes the prime suspect.

This is a vintage Japanese crime novel. It was a pleasant diversion, an easy to follow police procedural. It did its job, and so I recommend it.

3 stars ( )