Code Blue
the serial killer, the cover-up, and a two-generation quest for justice
$31.45
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
In the summer of 1992, patients at a veterans’ hospital in mid-Missouri began dying under suspicious circumstances—but the institution meant to protect them was busy protecting itself. Three decades on, Jake Adelstein comes home to his native Missouri to take up the case his father never stopped investigating.
Strange things were happening at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital. Patients who should have gone home were never making it out. And in Ward 4 East, the loudspeake…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761382345 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761382349 |
| Author: | Jake Adelstein |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
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Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993, writing in Japanese and English.
He is the author of:
- Tokyo Vice (now an HBO series)
- The Last Yakuza (2023)
- Tokyo Noir (2024)
- The Devil Takes Bitcoin (2025)
- Code Blue (2027)
He co-hosted the award-winning podcast The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods. A recognized expert on Japan’s organized crime, he has reported for The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times, Tempura, and VICE.
Adelstein is also a low-ranking Zen Buddhist priest, trying hard to be kinder and occasionally exorcising hungry ghosts. He frequently appears as a commentator on Japanese crime and culture, working as a writer and consultant.
Jake resides in Tokyo, Japan.
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