A psychological thriller of family, secrets, and survival. Welcome to Tokyo's underworld.
My mother told me my father was dead. She lied.
For twenty-two years, Emily Watson believed her—until she found her mother’s hidden diary.
Now she’s in Tokyo with a press badge, a faded photograph, and questions that could get her killed. Her father isn’t just alive—he’s the second-in-command in one of Tokyo’s most dangerous Yakuza syndicates.
A man who doesn’t know she exists.
A man whose enemies watch for any weakness.
And Emily just became that weakness.
As she unravels her mother’s lies, Emily learns a darker truth: she isn’t just searching for her father—she’s hunting the darkness inside herself, desperate to know if it’s his legacy or hers.
Set in Kabukichō’s neon-lit underworldh, My Father the Yakuza is a gritty, fast-paced psychological thriller where family demands loyalty, and betrayal is paid in blood.
Fans of psychological suspense, will love this Freida McFadden meets Jake Adelstein and Gillian Flynn-style thriller with a dark international edge.
