We spend an unusually decent amount of time bonding with Kinue before Kenzo finds her dead and dismembered in her own bathroom, with the light on and the water still running. During a tattoo competition - which she wins - she meets our protagonist Kenzo, a twenty-something medical student. Our victim is Kinue, the tattooed daughter of a famed tattoo artist. Written and set in late 1940s Tokyo, in the aftermath of World War II, The Tattoo Murder was the debut novel of honkaku author Akimitsu Takagi.Īt nearly 400 pages in length, this is a deeply detailed and electrifying Japanese murder mystery novel that explores the rich history and culture of Japanese tattooing. Here is one of the very best Japanese mystery novels of all time.
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