The noh mask murder / Akimitsu Takagi , translated from the Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takagi, Akimitsu, 1920-1995, author.

Contributor:

Kirkwood, Jesse, translator.

Standardized Title:

Nōmen satsujin jiken. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese fiction--20th century.

Japanese fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Genre:

Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.

Biographical fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

223 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pushkin Press, 2024.

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese

Summary:

"Strange things are happening in the Chizurui mansion... At night, a figure clad in a Hannya mask is spotted wandering around the house. The amateur crime fiction writer, Akimitsu Takagi, is sent to investigate, but then tragedy strikes. The head of the Chizurui family is found dead inside his study, locked from the inside, with only a Hannya mask and the scent of jasmine as clues to his mysterious death. As Takagi delves deeper into the case, can he discover the link between the family and the curse of the Hannya mask? Who was the person who called the undertaker and asked for three coffins? And how many buried secrets lie behind the inexplicable murder?"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Originally published 1949

ISBN:

1782279652

9781782279655

OCLC:

1375059091