First edition, first printing, hardcover. 324 pages. Translated and adapted by Deborah Boliver Boehm. Very good with head/tail of spine bumped, in a very good dust jacket with light wear to edges at spine and corners. Mylar cover on jacket. "Written by one of Japan's most popular mystery novelists, THE TATTOO MURDER CASE was first published in Tokyo in 1948 and won the Mystery Writers Club Award. It remains to this day among the most read of Japanese detective mysteries.".

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Title: TATTOO MURDER CASE
Publisher: Soho Press, New York
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1569471088
ISBN 13: 9781569471081
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Kenzo Matsuchita, a young repatriated doctor specializing in the study of forensic medicine, joins his brother, the police detective in charge of the case, to investigate the brutal murder of a young woman--Kenzo's secret lover--whose killing may be tied to her beautiful full-body tattoos.

About the Author

Akimitsu Takagi was born in 1920 and graduated from Kyoto University. His first job was as an engineer for the Nakajima Aircraft Company. He won the Japan Mystery Writers Club Award and wrote fifteen popular mysteries.

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