Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Thrillers / Suspense
  • Language:English
  • Pages:108
  • eBook ISBN:9798317834258
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317834241

The Briefcase

By Lani Kauten

Overview

The Briefcase takes you on a suspenseful account of a young woman, Yuna Nakamura, from Tokyo, Japan. Who vanished under mysterious circumstances from Newport Beach, California, and the toll it took on her best friend, Melya, and those close to her. During the tumultuous, eventful counter-cultural period of 1969. Was her disappearance tied to the break-in of Melya's popular restaurant or an affair? Or something more sinister.
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Description

ON THE FIRST FIERCE SANTA ANA WINSTORM OF THE SEASON, YUNA NAKAMURA VANISHES WITHOUT A TRACE. Businesswoman. Friend. Lover. Suspected Yakuza associate. As 1969 unfolds amid secrets and upheaval of tumultuous events, investigators-and those closest to Yuna-must untangle a web of betrayal, crime, and dangerous loyalties. Was her vanishing tied to the break-in of Melya's restaurant? Her affair with Tate? Or was something far more sinister at work? The Briefcase is a suspenseful novel about friendship, betrayal, and the devasting consequences of secrets.
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About The Author

Lani Kauten was born and raised in Concord, California, in a tight-knit family. But also enjoyed her summers with her grandmother in Southern California. She launched her first short story, Breaking Summer, followed by Knightfall: Midnight at the Montclaire, an anthology collaboration with California Writers Circle, and A Flash of Life. Kauten is working on another title called The Umbrella Jade. She now resides with her family in Carmel, Indiana.
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