Blue Murder, book six of the Detective Reiko Himekawa series, takes us to the street of Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Gangsters have been disappearing from the streets or being beat to death brutally, rumors are flying around, and people are whispering about a mysterious figure called the Blue Murder--a lethal killer of gangsters and evildoers. Who is the Blue Murder and what is his/her purpose of dealing out death sentences to the crime bosses?
It is an exciting, fast paced and intriguing noir-style murder mystery that would keep you reading, at the same time it is also a feast of realistically written violence and gore, if you like this kind of things you will surely be satisfied.
The murder mystery aside, the dramas among the cops are also interesting and well written, the heroine of the series, Reiko Himekawa is trying to prove herself again after her scandalous affair with a yakuza boss was leaked out whilst trying to catch the serial killer Blue Murder. I like how the author continued to build up Himekawa's personality with each book.
I equally enjoy the supporting-characters' developments, those supporting characters--with both cops and criminals among them, each has an interesting tale to tell and I like how they perform and show their true color during the final crisis.