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Author:

Takagi, Akimitsu, 1920-1995, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Pushkin Press,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

223 pages ; 20 cm/

Subject:

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Masks--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Authors, Japanese--Fiction.
Japanese fiction--20th century.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Other Authors:

Kirkwood, Jesse, translator.

Other Titles:

Nōmen satsujin jiken. English.

Notes:

The Noh Mask Murder was first published in Japanese as Nomen Satsujin Jiken in 1949.

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.

ISBN:

9781782279655
1782279652

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)