Nick Tanner (1964-present) was born in Warrington, England. After working for four years in local government he moved to Japan in 1991 where he taught English four nearly five years, returning to England in 1996, but bringing back more than he took - namely a wife and daughter and a love of Japan and Japanese culture. On return he taught Business, Management, Economics and Education in a further education college in the North East of England. He is currently Deputy Director of programme for Business & Education. His second crime/mystery story, Hidden Nexus, is based in Japan and builds on the