Book 1 in the Ueda Sensei Chronicles.
Ueda Sensei is a bizarre martial artist. Aided by Otto, his janitor, he penetrates the strangest of crimes to be found in San Francisco in 32 tales of sex and brutality, obliterating the mystery genre with wit and unnecessary violence, acting as equal parts homage and parody of Sherlock Holmes, Encyclopedia Brown, and other great sleuths - and with his unorthodox solutions and slippery logic, Ueda Sensei is destined to rank among such legends. This is a book for enjoyment as well as education, a book that will restructure your brain completely, to be treasured by young and old alike for centuries to come.