These worked for me: Tony Hillerman <the early books, 1970s and 80s> (US Southwest indian lands) Carolyn See, The handyman, 1999 (Los Angeles) Henry Chang, C

These worked for me: Tony Hillerman <the early books, 1970s and 80s> (US Southwest indian lands) Carolyn See, The handyman, 1999 (Los Angeles) Henry Chang, Chinatown Beat, 2006 (New York City Chinatown) Laura Antoniou, The killer wore leather, 2013 (BDSM convention in the US) Sujata Massey <the early books, 1990s> (Japan daily life) Natsuo Kirino, Real World, 2006 (and other titles, Japan daily life) Inio Asano, Goodnight Punpun, 2007- (manga, small town and middle school life in Japan) Inio Asano, Downfall, 2020 (manga, Japan midlife crisis, mangaka) Peter Tasker <several 1990s and 2000s> (Japan daily life) Hideo Yokoyama, Six Four, 2012 (Japan job hierarchy - here in a Police setting) John Burdett, The Last Six Million Seconds - Hong Kong will never be the same, 1997 (Hong Kong) John Burdett, Bangkok 8, 2003 (Thailand) Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, 2006 (Mumbai) Craig Joseph Danner, Himalayan Dhaba, 2001 (India mountains) Faïza Guène, Kiffe kiffe demain, 2004 or Du rève pour les oufs, 2006 (Paris projects)