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Title The Tokyo zodiac murders / Soji Shimada ; translated by Ross and Shika MacKenzie
Imprint London : Pushkin Vertigo, 2015

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 Stadsbibl:Ljusets kalender vån 2 Deckare & thrillers på engelska  Deckare engelska    DUE 24-04-22  ---
Descript 316 pages ; 20 cm
Series Pushkin Vertigo ; 2
Note "A guardian top ten 'impossible murder' novel"--Cover
"First published in Japanese as Senseijutsu Satsujinjiken in 1981 by Kodansha Ltd."--Title page verso
"First published in English in 2004 by IBC Publishing"--Title page verso
Cover; Title Page; CONTENTS; DRAMATIS PERSONAE; FOREWORD; PROLOGUE: Azoth; ACT ONE: The Unsolved Mystery, Forty Years On; SCENE 1: Footprints in the Snow; SCENE 2: The Twelfth Painting; SCENE 3: A Vase and a Mirror; SCENE 4: Poisoned Fruit Juice; SCENE 5: Latitude and Longitude; ENTR'ACTE: A Police Confession; ACT TWO: More Speculation; SCENE 1: A Little Magic; SCENE 2: A Rude Visit; ENTR'ACTE: Bacteria in the Bullet Train; ACT THREE: In Pursuit of Azoth; SCENE 1: Moves on the Chessboard; SCENE 2: A Profanity; SCENE 3: Crossing the Moon; SCENE 4: The Riverbank; SCENE 5: The Doll-maker
Content SCENE 6: The MannequinSCENE 7: The Philosopher's Walk; ENTR'ACTE: Message from the Author; ACT FOUR: The Storm; SCENE 1: The Teahouse; SCENE 2: The Roll of the Dice; ENTR'ACTE: Another Message from the Author; ACT 5: Magic in the Mists of Time; SCENE 1: The Invisible Killer; SCENE 2: The Vanishing Point; SCENE 3: The Basic Structure; SCENE 4: A Knock on the Door; EPILOGUE: The Voice of Azoth; AVAILABLE AND COMING SOON FROM PUSHKIN VERTIGO; About the Publisher; Copyright
Note Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a macabre murder mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 years. Who murdered the artist Umezawa, raped and killed his daughter, and then chopped up the bodies of six others to create Azoth, the supreme woman? With maps, charts, and other illustrations, this story of magic and illusion, pieced together like a great stage tragedy, challenges the reader to unravel the mystery before the final curtain
Subject Astrologers -- Japan -- Fiction
Zodiac -- Fiction
Serial murders -- Japan -- Fiction
Astrologers.
Japan
Mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Romaner
Deckare
Thrillers
Classmark 895.635
Alt Auth Mackenzie, Ross, 1950-
Mackenzie, Shika
Translation Senseijutsu satsujinjiken. English
ISBN/ISSN 1782271384 (paperback)
9781782271383 (paperback)
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