{"product_id":"officer-shimada-and-the-disappearing-girl-ebook","title":"Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl (eBOOK)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn empty elevator. A missing girl.  A brother’s obsessive search for the truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn southern Japan, a young woman enters an elevator in a bar building late at night. But when the doors open, she has vanished. Fifteen years later, her younger brother Kaito has risen up the ranks to police inspector, still haunted by his sister’s disappearance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a sleepy island in Okinawa, Kaito tracks down Mr. Shimada, a senior officer who once solved an impossible elevator crime decades earlier. The unlikely pair travels back to the city where Kaito’s sister first disappeared — to the very elevator where it occurred. Together, they retrace her steps and uncover the truth of what happened that night. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of a lost family, lifelong regrets, and quiet desperation, \u003ci\u003eOfficer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl\u003c\/i\u003e pulses with action and leaves readers yearning for resolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Ferguson is a bestselling author whose work has spanned fiction, travel writing, history, and humour. His literary thriller 419 won the Giller Prize in 2012, and his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Finder\u003c\/i\u003e received the 2021 Arthur Ellis Award for Crime Fiction. A three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor, he has been nominated for both the IMPAC Dublin Award and a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerguson’s travels have taken him around the globe. He lived in Japan for five years and regularly returns to visit his extended family. He is the author of the celebrated Japanese travel memoir \u003ci\u003eHitching Rides with Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e (originally titled \u003ci\u003eHokkaido Highway Blues\u003c\/i\u003e) and the budget \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to Japan\u003c\/i\u003e. He walked across Northern Ireland in \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belfast\u003c\/i\u003e, travelled Canada in \u003ci\u003eBeauty Tips from Moose Jaw\u003c\/i\u003e, and journeyed through central Africa in \u003ci\u003eRoad Trip Rwanda\u003c\/i\u003e. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e, was sold into 23 languages. Ferguson has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire UK\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCanadian Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Calgary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e“At the heart of Will Ferguson’s brilliantly plotted literary mystery is the paradox that in the sites (and sights) of our obsessions can lie our most profound blind spots. Hauntingly set in Okinawa and Nagasaki, and starring an endearingly persistent sleuth, \u003ci\u003eOfficer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl\u003c\/i\u003e will keep you riveted to the final page.” — Kevin Chong, Giller-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Double Life of Benson Yu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOfficer Shimada and The Disappearing Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is everything a fine novel should be: elegantly written, tightly plotted, and offering readers believable and fully realized characters. Officer Shimada truly is the finest detective novel I have read in years. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Spending evenings with Officer Shimada was a joy.” — Gail Bowen, author of the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve mysteries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“‘Curiouser and curiouser,’ Will Ferguson’s crafty rendering of an especially intricate vanishing act in \u003ci\u003eOfficer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a perpetual treat as it wends through Japanese cultural and spiritual terrain. Wonderfully idiosyncratic characters deftly propel the tale, while the exquisite portrayal of Japanese life as it traces a painful family history is a gift to be savoured. A taut psychological drama, the novel will also stand out amid the best crime fiction of the year.” — John Farrow, author of the Émile Cinq-Mars crime series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e306 pages\u003cbr\u003ePub date: September 15, 2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Will Ferguson","offers":[{"title":"ePub\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;9781773104775\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;$19.95","offer_id":49078613344495,"sku":"9781773104775","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1403\/7679\/files\/9781773104775_FC.jpg?v=1786521792","url":"https:\/\/gooselane.com\/products\/officer-shimada-and-the-disappearing-girl-ebook","provider":"Goose Lane Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}