Finalist in 2023 Best Book We've Read All Year by Readfreely The discovery of the defiled body of a local Jewish businessman in a Harbin back alley threatens to tip the city into mob violence...It's 1932 and Borya Melnikov returns to police ranks after the Japanese take over Harbin and end Soviet control, only this time with the Judicial Police of the new state of Manchukuo. Now he has the opportunity to pay back the Soviets for the death of his Russian father by thwarting their subversive efforts. Then the killing of a local Jewish businessman threatens to plunge the city into political turmoil. Borya is assigned to the case along with a police intern from Okinawa, whom Borya isn't sure is an ally or a spy for his Japanese handlers. They find their list of suspects run the gamut from Russian Fascists to Soviet agents to the Anti-Japanese resistance.The closer Borya gets to the truth, the closer he comes to being the killer's next victim. Leaks and deadly attacks convince him he can trust no one except maybe his Japanese partner. Together they are in a race with the killer that takes them to the northern frontiers of Manchuria.Special Book 2, The Tigers of East Mountain is an International Mystery and u0026 Crime police detective novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It is the second book of the award-winning Harbin Mystery Series.If you like a story that is full of action and intrigue, this book is for you...