Name: John Rain. Profession: Hitman. Specialty: Natural causes of death. Base of operations: Tokyo. Availability: Worldwide. John Rain, half American, half Japanese, an expert in both worlds but at home in neither, is the best killer for hire. They tell him who. They tell him where. The why doesn't concern him until he meets the beautiful jazz pianist Midori Kawamura - the daughter of his last victim. Note: This book in the "John Rain" series was originally published in 2010 by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag under the title "Tokyo Killer.".