A Japanese mystery set in 1947 Tokyo featuring Kenzo Matsushita, a young doctor who has an affair with a married woman with a tattooed torso. One day he finds her murdered, the torso missing, and sets out to find the killer. A look at the art of tattooing in Japan where it is banned.
| japanese title: | Shisei satsujin jiken |
| notes: | Japanese title: Shisei satsujin jiken. |
| subjects: | Detective and mystery stories Tattooing |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9781569471081 9781569471562 |
| OCLC number: | 37976340 |
| publisher: | Soho Press, Inc., 1998, 2002 |
| publication place: | New York |
| japanese publication date: | 1948 |
| english publication date: | 1998 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 324 p. ; 25 cm. |