The tattoo murder case
| ISBN: | 1569471088, 9781569471081, 1569471568, 9781569471562 |
| OCLC Number: | 37976340 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Author: | Akimitsu Takagi |
| Translator: | Deborah Boliver Boehm |
| Language: | en |
| Publisher: | Soho Press, Inc., 1998, 2002 |
| Publication Place: | New York |
| Japanese Copyright Year: | 1948 |
| English Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Notes: | Japanese title: Shisei satsujin jiken. |
| Abstract: | A Japanese mystery set in 1947 Tokyo featuring Kenzo Matsushita, a young doctor who has an affair with a married woman with a tattooed torso. One day he finds her murdered, the torso missing, and sets out to find the killer. A look at the art of tattooing in Japan where it is banned. |
| Subjects: | Akimitsu Takagi, Translations into English Detective and mystery stories Tattooing, Fiction |