The Tattoo Murder
$26.04
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2022
Summary
The Tattoo Murder: A Tokyo Mystery
Kinue Nomura, a survivor of World War II, is found murdered in Tokyo, her dismembered body discovered in a locked room. A masterpiece of a full-body tattoo is missing from her corpse.
Dr. Kenzo Matsushita, the first to find the gruesome scene, feels obligated to help his detective brother with the investigation. However, Kenzo harbors a secret: he was Kinue’s lover. His involvement in the case quickly spirals into a complex web as intricate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782278283 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782278281 |
| Author: | Akimitsu Takagi, Deborah Boehm |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Imprint: | Pushkin Vertigo |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 308mm x 266mm |
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Critics Review
‘Intricate, fantastic and utterly absorbing. More please … Calculated to outdo John Dickson Carr in both ghoulishness and ingenuity’ - Kirkus Reviews‘A delightful, different book, not only because of its unusual setting and premise, but because Takagi is a powerful plotter and constructor of fascinating, complex characters’ - The A.V. Club‘Like voyeurs, we follow Takagi down the charred streets of bombed-out Tokyo to scenes of fastidiously executed decadence’ - The New York Times‘It took 50 years for this novel to reach our shores but it feels thoroughly modern.’ - Parade Magazine‘Clever, kinky, highly entertaining … I want more.’ - Washington Post Book World
About The Author
Akimitsu Takagi
Akimitsu Takagi was born in Japan in 1920 and worked as an aeronautical engineer until he decided to become a mystery writer on the recommendation of a fortune teller. He went on to become of the country’s most popular crime authors and, winning the prestigious Mystery Writers Club Award. The Tattoo Murder was Takagi’s debut. It was first published in 1948 but has never been published in the UK until now.
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