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After participating in the JET programme (Hyogo 1990-91), I couldn't get Japan out of my system. Ten years post-JET, I returned to work in schools and universities in Hiroshima, Kyoto and Yokohama. Much of the time I was balancing teaching with writing fiction and non-fiction.

JET alumni may enjoy reading my new novel 'A Meiji Mystery': Thirty-four year-old historian Peta Hansen must solve a century-old murder with roots in feudal Japan to understand why someone is threatening her in modern-day London. She must stop the escalating intimidation before history repeats itself and there’s another death — her own.

With ‘A Meiji Mystery’, I tried to write the kind of book that I like to read – a blend of mystery, romance and friendship, with an intelligent and independent female protagonist, a dash of Japanese culture and a touch of humour.

'A Meiji Mystery' is available as an e-Book via AmazonUK and Amazon.com. At the moment it can only be purchased as a paperback through Amazon.com, but should available (fingers crossed) via AmazonUK in a few weeks.

For more information: http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Meiji-Mystery-ebook/dp/B007NVX60K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333709785&sr=8-1

I've also published a collection of short stories set in the UK and Japan, 'Changing Women', as an e-Book short via Amazon. And JET alumni interested in Japanese nature and wildlife might want to check out my blog (http://www.naturewritingnotes.blogspot.com/) which features articles I wrote for the Earthbeat column of 'Kansai Time Out'.

If you have any comments or questions, please e-mail me: djmantle@hotmail.com

Good reading!

As an update to my previous post, I just wanted to add that if you'd like more information about my writing and my next Japan-related novel, 'Sunrise over Shonan'(to be published in June 2012), please take a look at my new website: http://www.djmantle.com

If you have any comments or questions, please e-mail me: djmantle@hotmail.com

Good reading!