The Tattoo Murder Case
Akimitsu Takagi (1920-1995) was one of Japan's bestselling and most acclaimed mystery novelists. His first book--THE TATTOO MURDER CASE--appears on many critics' lists of all-time top ten Japanese mystery novels. This is the first English translation of the work, which centers on the murder of a...
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Akimitsu Takagi (1920-1995) was one of Japan's bestselling and most acclaimed mystery novelists. His first book--THE TATTOO MURDER CASE--appears on many critics' lists of all-time top ten Japanese mystery novels. This is the first English translation of the work, which centers on the murder of a young woman, whose missing torso bore one of the most beautiful full-body tattoos ever rendered by her famous tattooist father. 224 pp.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781569471562 (1569471568)
Publish date: 2003-07-01
Publisher: Soho Press, Incorporated
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Mystery,
Art,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Japan,
International,
Japanese Literature,
Fiction
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 haven´t had have a sense of time and pla...
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