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Lea O'Harra is the pen name I have adopted for my so-called 'Inspector Inoue mystery series'. Originally Wendy Jones, since my marriage, Wendy Jones Nakanishi, I was born in America in 1954 and raised in a tiny town in the northwest corner of Indiana. Once I reached adulthood, I longed for travel and adventure. I have now lived outside the States most of my life. I did an MA at Lancaster University and a doctorate at Edinburgh University. I lived in Japan for thirty-six years, employed at a small private university. I retired in the spring of 2020 and now alternate my time between my house in Lancaster and my house in Takamatsu, on the island of Shikoku. My husband is a Japanese farmer; I am the mother of three sons. I have published numerous academic articles and critical monographs and book reviews as well as writing creative non-fiction about my life in Japan. The Inspector Inoue mystery series marked my first venture into crime fiction. It is comprised of: 'Imperfect Strangers' (2015), 'Progeny' (2016), and 'Lady First' (2017). They are dissections of the dark underbelly of Japanese society as much as they are murder mysteries. These three books originally were published by Endeavour Press (the UK). They have recently been reissued by my new publisher, Sharpe Books (the UK), as well as a fourth thriller entitled 'Dead Reckoning' -- a standalone set in the American Midwest -- published in September 2022.
