"Intricately constructed and entertainingly exotic."-The Japan Times
Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 years. Who murdered the artist Umezawa, raped and killed his daughter, and then chopped up the bodies of six others to create Azoth, the supreme woman? With maps, charts, and other illustrations, this story of magic and illusion, pieced together like a great stage tragedy, challenges the reader to unravel the mystery before the final curtain. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders joins a new wave of Japanese murder mysteries being translated into English.
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Soji Shimada is a designer, musician, and astrology writer for a major newspaper. He has written over 100 mystery novels.
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“一个人想睡就睡,想吃就吃,多自在。穿着睡衣随处走,碰到趣事才出门,看谁不顺眼就不看。白就是白,黑就是黑,用不着看别人的脸色行事。对我来说这就是财富。这可是我被某个警察讽刺成鲁邦三世才换来的啊,我不想就这么轻易失去。何况,我感到寂寞的时候,还有你在啊,多以我并不是一个人,这样的生活我就很满足了。”
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