Yakuza, or When Crabs Cry

A novel based on real events! A series of high-profile murders sends the entire Far East into a frenzy — a criminal redistribution of the caviar and fish market has begun, involving both the Russian mafia and, of course, the ubiquitous yakuza. The situation is so exceptional and dangerous that the police are required to operate with almost surgical precision, prompting the dispatch of investigator Rodion Rodionov from Moscow to Sakhalin for particularly important cases, while simultaneously, a Japanese officer, Akira Nuamo, and an infiltrated subcolonel of the Russian intelligence, nicknamed Sedy, are handling the case within the mafia structures. The investigation frequently shifts from Sakhalin to Japan and South Korea, while behind the police's back, the yakuza set up their own showdowns "by Japanese standards." The life of the spy Sedy hangs by a thread...