A Clean Kill in Tokyo
A John Rain Novel
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Barry Eisler
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Barry Eisler
About this listen
Previously published as Rain Fall
Name: John Rain.
Vocation: Assassin.
Specialty: Natural Causes.
Base of operations: Tokyo.
Availability: Worldwide.
Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why...
Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist - and the daughter of his latest kill.
A Clean Kill in Tokyo was previously published as Rain Fall, the first in the bestselling John Rain assassin series.
©2002, 2013 Barry Eisler (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- Anonymous User
- 01-06-20
I really enjoyed the story
Well done great read , I enjoyed both the story and your voice , the voice is important to me
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- S. Rifflart
- 15-12-15
The authors narration dies his work proud
This is my first Rain book and I loved it and will listen to them all if I get the chance. The author has a great voice and its subtle tones work well with the subject matter set in Japan. The plot was excellent and Rain is likeable yet merciless when necessary
Keep Raining on my parade!
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- Larry Reacher
- 09-02-24
Great page turner. well narrated.
Great page turner. well narrated. I liked the scene setting of Japan, fast paced story as well..
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- Angie
- 29-05-17
Amazing
Narration is really very good, story is brilliant. I love all Barry Eisler books. Amazing!
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- Mike T.
- 28-08-18
Tokyo almost overwhelms the good story.
The Tokyo backdrop is prominent to say the least. An interesting approach to frame a very "Japanese" intrigue and story.
I liked it. A lot. A mix of noir, high tech and assassin action.
Easily one of the better author narrations I've listened to.
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- johanna
- 07-12-19
Little while to get into
I tried 3 times to get into this book and the third try was the charm. I am very glad I stuck with it as it turned out to be great. Characters were laid out well plot could be followed (mostly) and a great ending leading me to find out what John does next... So I am off to start the next instalment
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- Joshua Manuel-Oni
- 07-08-18
Surprisingly Great
Don't judge a book by its cover (and synopsis in this case). I received this book as part of a two for one sale. My expectations were low, and I expected I had acquired an average. However there is so much good to this book. Except from a well paced story, Barry Eisler know how to make the reader feel familiar with Japan culture and surrounding, even if you've never been
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- Fred Koch
- 03-10-24
Great author and story
great story even with all the Japanese, flaw, but he did kill her father
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- R.B
- 21-02-16
Not a Great First Book.
I found this book to be little more than someone's research turned in to book form. I heard a great author once say something like, "the whole point of doing research, was so that you can leave most of it out." With "A Clean Kill in Tokyo" that certainly isn't the case. It's clear that the author is basing the main character, John Rain, on himself. Even that would be fine if it weren't so obvious.
On a positive note, the narration by Barry Eisler wasn't too bad, and the basic storyline itself was ok. There was just too much pointless added research, disguised as information in between.
Overall, even though I didn't like this book, I'd still be willing to give another Barry Eisler novel a chance. It didn't put me off so much that it made me want to stay away from anything else he has written. And I think that with a bit more subtleness, and character development, that the John Rain series could be good.
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