The Little Tokyo Informant

Pleasantly surprised by this one. It's a time frame that doesn't get much love from writers -- the lead-in to the Second World War, which is a nice change, and LA proves a good setting. NYC fares OK as well although the DC parts are a little flat ... not as much sense of place. It feels well-research......more

The same protagonists from Fear Itself are here involved in a less engaging but still interesting case centred on a missing Japanese-American informant in late-1941 Los Angeles and complications from a potential Soviet spy-ring which eventually link to Pearl Harbor. It’s a polished and atmospheric r......more

I'm torn on this book. On one hand, it is well written and well researched. The overall plot is interesting but the problem comes from the pacing. It is veeeeeeeerrryyy slow and a book about World War II spies ends up being kinda boring. The main character FBI agent Nessheim is a fine protagonist, b......more

Andrew Rosenheim follows his first novel in this series titled Fear Itself and this time he enhances his technique of writing the historical thriller. The setting is Washington, D. C. in 1941 and FBI agent Harry Guttman hears a rumor that the Soviet Union has infiltrated the highest levels of the Un......more

After a slow start, the book started to get interesting and then it was hard to put down. Nessheim is on another case, this time in L.A. One of his Japanese informants has gone missing, and Nessheim goes all over the place trying to find him before the bad guys do. Lots of red herrings and little ja......more