Nikki Waters wanted to be a star. So she left her home in England, flew to Tokyo, and joined Japan's top girl group as the lead singer. She was well on her way to fame and fortune until the night she went to her boss's apartment and found him lying in a pool of blood. The weapon: a samurai sword. Nikki was thrown in jail, charged with murder, and forbidden to talk to anyone except the lawyer she didn't have. Given Japan's 99%+ conviction rate, there was nothing standing between Nikki Waters and the gallows. Nothing except Inspector Ian McLean of Scotland Yard. Forced to work undercover, can McLean and his detectives Sally Chan and Thomas McMillan rescue Nikki from the terrifying jaws of the Japanese justice system? "Broken Idol" is the sixth Inspector McLean Mystery by David W. Rudlin.