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Genre Fiction
In the foothills of Pasadena, Mas Arai is just another Japanese-American gardener, his lawnmower blades clean and sharp, his truck carefully tuned. But while Mas keeps lawns neatly trimmed, his own life has gone to seed. His... See More
Anthologies
Think you can't buy a thrill? This book proves you wrong. Katy lied. Or did she? As with the blues and Elvis and somebody else's favorite song, it's open to interpretation. These twelve tales interpret shady pasts... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning Clark and... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A New York Times Best Mystery Novel of 2021 Set in 1944 Chicago, Edgar Award-winner Naomi Hirahara's eye-opening and poignant new mystery, the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Mas Arai returns to Japan in this Edgar and Anthony Award nominated novel -- "a wonderful finale to a fine mystery series" by the author of Sayonara Slam (Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times-bestselling author). At... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
It's the middle of the pandemic and Hawaii has been virtually closed to tourists. So when Leilani Santiago and her young sisters save a mysterious woman wearing an unusual lei from drowning in Waimea Bay in Kaua'i... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
"A compelling account of the lives of Japanese and Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II... instructive and moving." -- Nippon.com From the editor of the award-winning Children of Manzanar, Heather C... See More
World Literature
LAPD bicycle cop -- and aspiring homicide detective -- Ellie Rush is back on patrol in the newest mystery from the award-winning author of Murder on Bamboo Lane and the Japantown Mysteries. Ellie stops for a friendly chat... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
From Summer of the Big Bachi to Gasa-Gasa Girl, Naomi Hirahara's acclaimed novels have featured one of mystery fiction's most unique heroes: Mas Arai, a curmudgeonly L.A. gardener, Hiroshima survivor, and inveterate gambler... See More
Sagas
From the time she was a child, Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa-never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
From the award-winning author of the Japantown Mysteries, trouble awaits rookie LAPD Officer Ellie Rush as she patrols the mean streets of Los Angeles on her bicycle... Bike cop Ellie Rush dreams of becoming a homicide... See More
A stunning anthology licensed in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, We Are Here celebrates 30 of the most inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in U.S. history. There are more than 23... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, to help keep afloat the family business, a shave ice shack. When she goes to work one morning, she stumbles across a dead body, a young pro surfer... See More
Essays & Correspondence
HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER THE PANDEMIC? 40 authors from around the world set out to record their innermost feelings-- to offer inspiring, heartfelt, creative takes on the Covid-19 pandemic. Crime fiction, elegant and angry... See More
World Literature
The Japanese American detective's most engaging mystery yet delves into baseball, WWII, and the complex history between Japan and Korea: "Hard to put down" (Kirkus Reviews). At Dodger Stadium, Japan is playing Korea in... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
#1 Amazon New Release, The Silver Waves of Summer is a compulsively readable collection of crime stories by New York Times and International best-selling writers, and Edgar and Shamus Award winners. "Olsen has masterfully... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
"Yes, this is a violent world that Nate inhabits, but he steers a true and moral course through the layers of deception, skullduggery and sometime worse that make these stories such high-density entertainment." T. Jefferson... See More
World Literature
Following in the tradition of the best-selling Black Pulp, from today's best authors and up and coming writers comes Pro Se Productions' Asian Pulp -- a collection of stories featuring characters of Asian origin or descent... See More
Short Stories
One hundred percent of the royalties from this new collection of original stories will go directly to the 2011 JAPAN RELIEF FUND administered by the Japan America Society of Southern California. The 2011 Japan Relief Fund... See More