Akimitsu Takagi
Birth date: September 25, 1920
Died: September 09, 1995
Akimitsu Takagi's Books
I almost feel sorry for not giving this book more than a three and a half stars. The locked room mystery and its solution was excellent and the insights into the Japanese tattoo culture was fascinating. I had two specific problems with this book, though: I havenĀ“t had have a sense of time and pla...
This is a classic locked-room mystery, and as such is very good. It's been several years since I read it, so I won't offer a review until I find my copy and re-read it. This book is what got me into both Soho crime series, Japanese and Chinese murder mysteries, and Kurosawa's noir films.