PositiveCrime Fiction LoverThe difficulty of putting your employer above your family and your own health, the need to save face and the conservative nature of the Japanese workforce may not sound like the most exciting basis for crime fiction, but Yokoyama’s strength is the way he highlights the motivations behind the individual police officers, and delves deep into the crimes they commit ... Fans of Japanese crime fiction, or any crime fiction that gives an insight into another country and the psyches of the people who spend their lives there, will find a lot to love in Prefecture D. It is both a slow burner and a quick, compact page-turner. It reads like an introduction to the Japanese workplace, a rather mundane theme that manages to turn into something much bigger and more poignant.
