SHE CAME TO TOKYO TO FIND HER FATHER. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE'D ALREADY FOUND HER.

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"Wow. This book had me hooked from the very first page." Ann, Goodreads Reviewer

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"My Father the Yakuza had me hanging on every single word. Just when I thought I knew where the story was going, it completely surprised me." Jennifer, Goodreads Reviewer

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A journalist. A Yakuza father. Secrets powerful enough to destroy a family or save it. Discover the noir thriller that is captivating readers.

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Uma jornalista. Um pai yakuza. Segredos capazes de destruir uma família ou salvá-la. Descobre o thriller noir que está a conquistar leitores.

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"O Pai Que Nunca Conheci combina a carga emocional de The Last Thing He Told Me com a tensão do submundo de Tokyo Vice e a intensidade implacável de Taken." Inês, Goodreads Reviewer

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About Theo St. John

I’m the author of My Father the Yakuza, published in 2025 by Kurohana Books and translated into Portuguese and Spanish.

Before turning to fiction, I built a career in civil engineering and later in the audiovisual world, working across film, television, and advertising on projects around the globe. Somewhere between structure and story, I became more interested in what breaks people than what holds them together.

My writing blends cinematic precision with a raw, visual sensibility, drawn to the psychology of identity and the quiet violence of choice. I’m interested in the moments where people cross a line—and the silence that follows.

My favorite film is Se7en. I’m obsessive about coffee—usually a Kenyan espresso, or a V60 Geisha from Peru when I have the time to slow down.

I’m currently working on Book 2, returning to the same world—digging deeper into the consequences that places the reader between the legacy of blood and the burden of truth.

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My Father the Yakuza

Some fathers should stay buried.

Jack Turner vanished from London and resurfaced in Tokyo's underworld, building a life with the Yakuza through violence and silence. For years, he thought he'd escaped—until journalist Emily Watson appears with a photograph and questions that threaten everything.

Emily has spent her life searching for the father she never knew, driven to understand why she craves the violence she's supposed to fear. But digging into Tokyo's shadows stirs fear among Jack's former comrades, and the past rises with a blade in hand.

Betrayed by his brothers and hunted by the empire he built, Jack wages a savage war to save the daughter he never knew—and destroy the organization that wants them both dead.

A gritty crime thriller set in Kabukichō's neon-lit underworld, where family demands loyalty and betrayal is paid in blood.

Fans of psychological suspense and international crime thrillers will devour this dark tale of inherited violence and yakuza vengeance.

Genre: Psychological Thriller, Crime Fiction
Publisher: Kurohana Books
Release Date: December 9, 2024
Pages: 250
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O Pai Que Nunca Conheci

Ela veio a Tóquio para encontrar o pai. Não sabia que ele a observava desde o início.

Emily Watson tem vinte e dois anos, uma fotografia, um estágio num jornal em Tóquio e uma obsessão perigosa: encontrar Jack Turner, o executor britânico da yakuza que a mãe amou e perdeu em 2001. O homem que ela acredita ser o pai.

Jack Turner é o homem mais temido da família Murakami-kai. Quando lhe ordenam que vigie uma jovem jornalista americana a fazer perguntas em Kabukichō, espera um trabalho de rotina. Não espera que ela tenha o sorriso da mãe. Nem os olhos verdes dele.

Nenhum dos dois sabe a verdade. Ainda não. Até que ela lhe mostra a fotografia — ele e a mãe dela, Tóquio, 2001 — e tudo rebenta.

Ela é a filha dele. Vinte e dois anos. Perdidos.

Mas há mais alguém à espera deste momento. Hideki Sato passou anos a procurar uma forma de destruir Jack Turner. E Emily acabou de lhe dar.

Agora, o sindicato vê-a como moeda de troca. Acham que o Jack vai alinhar. Estão enganados.

Ele passou vinte e cinco anos a ser a arma deles. Agora vai destruir tudo. Cada casa segura. Cada homem que lhe tocou. Se for preciso, põe Tóquio a arder.

Por ela.

Genre: Psychological Thriller, Crime Fiction
Publisher: Kurohana Books
Release Date: December 9, 2024
Pages: 250

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