Fallen Flower is a big-city police "whodunit" complete with red herrings, recalcitrant witnesses, and flashes of deductive brilliance leading to the solution of who murdered a beautiful blonde girl.The two police detectives in charge of the case are operating in Osaka, Japan. They make quite a pair -- Eric Thor is an American giant on an international exchange program from the Minneapolis Police Department, and Kennichi Murakami is a "by-the-book" Japanese who is threatened by ostracism from his colleagues for even paying attention to his foreign partners ideas. Cultures clash and misunderstandings abound, but the accommodations both make are as insightful as they are hilarious.The victim. Lisa Madison. Who is she? Everything we learn about her is through the observations and comments of the murder suspects. And isnt that the case in life? Who is anyone beneath the surface of relationships with others? The conclusion is as satisfying as the entire book on all levels.Fallen Flower is gritty and realthe denouement is brilliant." Robert J Collins, author of the Max Danger detective series, and the soon-to-be published Ambassador Strikes.