Give the lingering late-summer heat the slip and duck into the shadows with “All She Was Worth,” a classic Japanese crime mystery.
In this sinister thriller, Miyuki Miyabe leads the reader down the alleyways of loan sharks and debt in modern Japan. Winner of the 1993 Yamamoto Shugoro Prize, the novel is a triumph on several levels.
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