Posted April 6, 2015 by Jonelle Patrick WTF Japan?

In Which We Discover That Nothing Is Sacred

Ooo, cherry blossoms, ooo, ooo!

Hey, look, there’s a little sailboat on the water!

No, haha, it’s a guy paddleboarding the untamed canals of Tokyo.

…No. No, it’s not. It’s…it’s a PAID POLITICAL AD! (>_<)

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Although suitably outraged, Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Tokyo

“A genuinely gripping crime thriller which wrong-foots and perplexes the reader throughout, drawing us in emotionally . . . Highly recommended.” –Raven Crime Reads

For nine years, Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura thought his mother’s death was an accident. Then he gets a call, and his life begins to unravel. Because if it wasn’t an accident…what was it? *Read more*

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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!