Synopses & Reviews
During a routine journalism assignment, Akihito Takara is captured by the mysterious Asami, a powerful leader in Japan's underworld society. Asami forces his captive to undergo a night of pleasure and pain never before imagined, but before long, the son of a powerful Chinese mafia boss also sets his sights upon Akihito, demanding the critical evidence he's uncovered-or is it something elseabout him he seeks? Includes three erotic bonus stories and an interview with author Ayano Yamane.
Review
"The seventh and most recent Finder collection, The Rescuers, is thematically concerned with inflexible boundaries, and its layouts are brutally geometrical. Even so, every few pages McNeil pulls off some kind of visual tour de force....McNeil's take...is framed as a science-fiction detective story, but its tone is as primal as folklore." Douglas Wolk, Salon.com
Synopsis
Anvard's upper classes have become quite blase about the threat of kidnapping. There's even been talk about writing a convention to define ethical treatment of victims held for ransom, and prosecuting only those who don't abide by the rules.
What's an honest cop to do in a world in which kidnapping is almost legal? That's what Detective Smithson keeps asking himself especially since his best witness is the one person no one will ever, ever believe.