How many books are there in the Inspector Morimoto series?
Three books have been published so far. They all appeared in 2004. The first was entitled Inspector Morimoto and the Two Umbrellas, which was followed by Inspector Morimoto and the Diamond Pendants and Inspector Morimoto and the Famous Potter. Why did you choose Japan as a setting for the stories? Ever since my first visit to Japan as a young mathematics researcher, Ive always had a great love for the Japanese people and for Japanese culture. My contacts with the country were established when I was invited to visit some of the universities in Japan, and Ive also spent several months working at some of Japans research institutions. I felt that Japan would make an interesting background for western readers, and that it would also lead to a better understanding of Japan and its culture in the rest of the world. Why did you choose the city of Okayama as the center of the stories? I didnt want to use one of the very big cities, like Tokyo, Osaka or Yokohama, and so Okayama appealed to me as
