The wait is over… One of Vertical’s most highly anticipated novels is ON SALE NOW! When Arimasa Osawa’s Shinjuku Shark made its debut in the early 90s it was an instant sensation, earning both the Eiji Yoshikawa New Writer Award and the esteemed Japan Mystery Writers Association Award. Combining the irreverent, anti-authoritarian attitude of Dirty Harry and the reckless bravado of the Die Hard movies’ John McLane, Detective Samejima, “The Shark”, was loved by men and women alike. Adaptations to film, television, even manga, quickly followed, and the series continues—gaining momentum as it enters the twenty-first century—with its ninth book winning the Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award in 2006. And Vertical is providing a hearty chunk of Shinjuku Shark to sate the bloodlust of our fans until they can get their very own copy. Read the entire first chapter right here, right now!
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