![]() ![]() The story itself is a little hit and miss during the first half, and then had me racing to the end to try and figure out what was going on. ![]() ![]() Although I'm sure it comes down to writing a 'contemporary novel' that is now being republished many years later, Takagi picks such straightforward details and presumes a knowledge of society that makes the setting come to life. Rather than drowning in melticulouly researched details and brand-name asides, the uncertain atmosphere of renewal permiates the whole novel. The story was published in 1948 and a lot of my enjoyment came from the casually constucted atmosphere of post-war Tokyo. 'The Tattoo Murder' by Akimitsu Takagi is a Japanese post-war murder mystery centred on a locked-room murder and the enegmatic character of Kinue Nomura. ![]()
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