A Lonely Resurrection
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A Lonely Resurrection

Barry Eisler2003
All John Rain wants is to get out of the killing business. But with his discretion, his reliability, and his unique talent for death by "natural causes," no one is willing to let him just retire. So when an old nemesis from the Japanese national police force comes to him with a new job -- eliminate Murakami, a killer even more fearsome than Rain himself -- Rain knows he can't refuse. Aided by an achingly desirable half Brazilian, half Japanese exotic dancer he knows he shouldn't trust, Rain pursues his quarry through underground no-holds-barred fight clubs, mobbed-up hostess bars, and finally into the heart of a shadow war between the CIA and the yakuza. It's a war Rain can't win, but also one he can't afford to lose -- a war where the distinctions between friend and foe and truth and deceit are as murky as the rain-slicked streets of Tokyo.
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Stephanie @stephanie
4 stars
Mar 7, 2023

Mr. Eisler does not disappoint and became my comfort author whenever I‘m in need for a quick distraction, something fast paced and a solid storytelling. Once again I was impressed by all the research and personal experience that was put into this book which makes exceptionally detailed and realistic. I loved the depth of the characters, the subtle criticism of politics and people in power and the constant questioning of morality. 

.. And the more time I spend with the characters the more they grow on me. Save to say it gives me comfort knowing that there are still a whole lot of sequels for me to read 😁

+4
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Highlights

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Stephanie @stephanie

“I’m sorry I don’t come to visit you more often,” I said in Japanese, my voice low. “Or even think of you. There are so many things I keep at a distance because they’re painful. Your memory is one of those things. The first of them, in fact.”

Page 189

This, I felt in my bones.

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Stephanie @stephanie

Naomi, you think this is all an accident? It’s a science. There are people out there who are experts at getting others to do tomorrow what was unthinkable today.

Page 151
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Stephanie @stephanie

I needed to leave. I wanted to be able to leave. Hell, I’d tried to leave. But here I was again.

Page 119
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Stephanie @stephanie

It was a good cover story. No one ever asks follow-up questions when you tell them you’re an accountant. They’re afraid you might answer.

Page 50

This is so true. And fortunately, this works when saying you’re a controller, too.

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Stephanie @stephanie

“I’m not stupid, you know.”

“Everybody in love is stupid. It’s part of the condition.”

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