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The Noh Mask Murder
a classic Japanese locked-room mystery
by Takagi, Akimitsu, Kirkwood, Jesse
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2024 by Pushkin Vertigo
ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-965-5, ISBN: 1-78227-965-2






The Tattoo Murder Case(98th Edition)
(Soho Crime)
by Akimitsu Takagi, Deborah Boehm, Barry Lancet, Deborah Boliver Boehm
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2003 by Soho Crime
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-156-2, ISBN: 1-56947-156-8

"If you read mysteries for insights into other cultures and different periods, this excellent translation of the first novel by Akimitsu Takagi, who became one of Japan's leading crime writers, is an eye-opener. In 1947 Toyko, the limbs of a murdered woman are discovered in a locked bathroom. Her torso--covered with intricately beautiful tattoos by her late father, a highly controversial artist--is missing. A doctor finds the body, and ..."






Honeymoon to Nowhere(1st Edition)
(Soho Crime)
by Akimitsu Takagi, Sadako Mizuguchi
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2003 by Soho Press
Topaz_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-154-8, ISBN: 1-56947-154-1

"Etsuko has fallen in love with a shy, studious lecturer at a university. But she has to tell her parents she's pregnant to force their agreement to her marriage. Their objection is to the rest of her fiance's family: his father was a war criminal; his deceased younger brother, a murderer. His only respectable relative is a research chemist who says he's too sick to come to the wedding. And then the groom is called away on the firs ..."






The Informer(1st Edition)
by Akimitsu Takagi, Sadako Mizuguchi
Hardcover, 257 Pages, Published 2003 by Soho Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-155-5, ISBN: 1-56947-155-X

"When the Tokyo stock market crashes, adultery and industrial espionage lead to murder. Segawa had a good job as a stock market trader, but the "private" hedge fund he operated suffered big losses and he was fired. He is down and out when he is approached with an offer of highly paid work. How can he resist? He agrees to become an industrial spy, even when he discovers the target is his old schoolmate-who married Segawa's girlfriend-and ..."






The Informer
by Akimitsu Takagi
256 Pages, Published 2016 by Soho Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61695-095-8, ISBN: 1-61695-095-1

"He is soon assigned to seduce an ex-girlfriend and steal an important formula from her husband, who runs a large chemical company. But when the husband is found murdered, Segawa becomes the prime suspect. From the Trade Paperback edition."






The Tattoo Murder Case
by Akimitsu Takagi
ISBN-13: 978-0-569-47108-4, ISBN: 0-569-47108-7






Tattoo Murder Case
by Akimitsu Takagi
Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-299-57904-0, ISBN: 1-299-57904-3






Honeymoon to Nowhere
by Akimitsu Takagi
Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-909803-04-9, ISBN: 0-909803-04-8






THE INFORMER
by Akimitsu Takagi
Paperback, 165 Pages, Published 2004 by Anthos Publishing Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-909803-03-2, ISBN: 0-909803-03-X

"Segawa was willing to sacrifice all - his friends, his love, even his self-respect - for the fortune he had lost and was determined to recoup."






The Tattoo Murder Case
by Akimitsu Takagi
324 Pages, Published 2003 by Soho Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-932-2, ISBN: 1-56947-932-1

"Kyosuke spoke coldly, as if he had forsaken all human feeling for Kyoko Kawabata. “The usher working in that section of the theater has given a statement saying ... Kyoko Kawabata's mouth had fallen slightly open, but no words emerged. “You're lying, aren't you? Hisashi Mogami asked you to back up his alibi, even ... like a boat being tossed by a storm. “That's enough for today,” he said. “You may go now, and we'll expect you here ..."






No patent on murder
by Akimitsu Takagi
Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 1977 by Playboy
ISBN-13: 978-0-87216-367-6, ISBN: 0-87216-367-9






The informer
by Akimitsu Takagi, Thomas W. Roper
Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 1971 by Anthos Publishing Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-909803-00-1, ISBN: 0-909803-00-5

"When he loses his job as a trader after the stock market crashes, Shigeo Segawa is offered lucrative work as an industrial spy. How could he say no? He is soon assigned to seduce an ex-girlfriend and steal an important formula from her husband, who runs a large chemical company. But when the husband is found murdered, Segawa becomes the prime suspect."






The Informer(Reprint)
by Akimitsu Takagi, Sadako Mizuguchi
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2003 by Soho Crime
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-243-9, ISBN: 1-56947-243-2

"After being fired from his job when the private hedge fund he managed was hit with heavy losses, Shiego Segawa is approached with an offer of highly paid work as an industrial spy. How could he say no? Soon he is assigned to investigate a chemical firm run by the husband of his former girlfriend. The goal: seduce the wife and steal an important chemical formula. But when the husband is murdered, Segawa finds himself the prime suspect. ..."






The Tattoo Murder
by Akimitsu Takagi
by Takagi, Akimitsu
Softcover, Published 2022 by Pushkin Vertigo
ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-828-3, ISBN: 1-78227-828-1






The Tattoo Murder Case(1st Edition)
by Akimitsu Takagi, Deborah Boliver Boehm
Hardcover, 324 Pages, Published 1997 by Soho Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-108-1, ISBN: 1-56947-108-8

"If you read mysteries for insights into other cultures and different periods, this excellent translation of the first novel by Akimitsu Takagi, who became one of Japan's leading crime writers, is an eye-opener. In 1947 Toyko, the limbs of a murdered woman are discovered in a locked bathroom. Her torso--covered with intricately beautiful tattoos by her late father, a highly controversial artist--is missing. A doctor finds the body, and ..."






Irezumi
(Folio Policier)
by Akimitsu Takagi, Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2018 by Editions Gallimard
ISBN-13: 978-2-07-278264-0, ISBN: 2-07-278264-3






Irezumi
(French Edition)
by Akimitsu Takagi, Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Denoel
ISBN-13: 978-2-207-11871-9, ISBN: 2-207-11871-1

"R200076271. IREZUMI. VERS 2016. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 288 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 890-Littératures des autres langues"






Rouw Voor De Bruid(1st Edition)
by Akimitsu Takagi
Paperback, Published 1974 by Het Spectrum
ISBN-13: 978-90-274-3690-0, ISBN: 90-274-3690-8






Irezumi
by Akimitsu Takagi
336 Pages, Published 2018 by Editions Gallimard
ISBN-13: 978-2-07-278265-7, ISBN: 2-07-278265-1

"Paru en 1948 au Japon, vendu à plus de dix millions d’exemplaires, Irezumi, véritable classique du polar nippon, est enfin disponible en France."






Irezumi
by Akimitsu Takagi
304 Pages, Published 2016 by Editions Denoël
ISBN-13: 978-2-207-11872-6, ISBN: 2-207-11872-X

"Paru en 1948 au Japon, vendu à plus de 10 millions d’exemplaires, Irezumi, véritable classique du polar nippon, est enfin publié en France."



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