It's No Crime (To Change Your Mind) — John Dean

Part coming-of-age-story, part spiritual odyssey, ‘It's No Crime' draws on the rather wider than usual experience of the young Jamie Duggan through whose eyes we see the story. Encounters with darker forces in the story ring true and he proves he can hold his own. Anyone who has lived for any length of time in a foreign country, particularly one with as different a culture as Japan's from Britain's will recognize the authenticity of what happens to him when he gets to Japan. However, his respect for his kendo is what lifts him above the crowd as he goes about his quest. ‘It's No Crime' is a good read for the large number out there who see the possible dangers in front of them and wonder whether it is possible to go through the fire and come out reasonably safe at the other end. It is.