Death at the Crossroads (20 page)

The strange trio had a head start of many days on Kaze, but he knew where they were headed: the great Tokaido road.

DALE FURUTANI
is the first Asian-American to win major mystery writing awards and his books have appeared on numerous bestseller lists. He has spoken at the US Library of Congress, the Japanese-American National Museum, The Pacific Asia Museum, and numerous conferences. The City of Los Angeles named him as one of its "Forty Faces of Diversity" and
Publisher's Weekly
called him "a master craftsman." He has lived in Japan and traveled there extensively. He now lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest.

Website:
DALEFURUTANI.COM

BY DALE FURUTANI

Death in Little Tokyo

The Toyotomi Blades

Death at the Crossroads

Jade Palace Vendetta

Kill the Shogun

The Curious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Japan

"Dead Time,"
Shaken: Stories for Japan
(anthology written to aid victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsumami)

"Extreme Prejudice,"
Murder on Sunset Boulevard
(anthology to benefit the L.A. chapter of Sisters in Crime)