Description
Astrologer, fortune teller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must solve a macabre murder mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 yearsâin just one week.
With the help of his freelance illustrator friend, Kiyoshi sets out to answer the questions that have haunted the country ever since: Who murdered the artist Umezawa, raped and killed his daughter, and then chopped up the bodies of six others to create Azoth, âthe perfect womanâ?
With maps, charts, and other illustrations, this story of magic and illusionâpieced together like a great stage tragedyâchallenges the reader to unravel the mystery before the final curtain falls.
This quintessential Japanese âlogic mysteryââeerie, gory, and intriguingâcombines the puzzle-solving of Golden Age Western detective fiction with elements of shocking horror and dark humor
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